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The painting of a painting at low tide (The painting at low tide and the beaching). The studio light - The basement. 1985

Artwork The painting of a painting at low tide (The painting at low tide and the beaching). The studio light - The basement. this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 1985-01-01
Accession No.
1996.168
Date Created
1985
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Australian Art
Dimensions A
199 x 230cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
synthetic polymer paint
Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Place Created
Milan, Italy
Credit Line
Purchased 1996

Dale Frank paints in a grand manner in the continual pursuit of achieving ever-greater aesthetic intensity. While his elaborate titles suggest the stream-of-consciousness thought processes associated with surrealist art, they usually have quite specific origins. This title refers to the gloomy circumstances in which the artist found himself when he was painting it, in a basement in Milan. 

The rectangular shape in the centre is the 'painting of a painting', which floats within the actual painting like a spectral after-image. The suggestion of an artwork having a life of its own embodies the paradox in Frank’s work generally, which simultaneously suggests the mystical dimension he is keen to stress while also acknowledging a certain satirical detachment. 
 

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