Tim Storrier
(Australia 13 Feb 1949– )
- Title
- Point to point (Evening blaze line)
- Other titles:
- Point to point
- Year
- 1988-1990
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Dimensions
-
triptych: 174.0 x 1044.0cm stretcher overall:
a - Part a; 174 x 347cm
b - Part b; 174 x 350cm
c - Part c; 174 x 347cm
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner right panel [part c], pencil ".../ Storrier/ 1989".
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 2003
- Accession number
- 359.2003.a-c
- Copyright
- © Tim Storrier
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
At just over nine metres long, the three-panel painting 'Point to point (Evening blaze line)' 1988-1990 is the largest of several works created by Storrier on the theme of fire.
Whilst pursuing a formal interest in the notion of the horizon line, his dramatic depiction of a suspended rope, ablaze against an immense unpeopled landscape evokes at once a romantic vision of the Australian inland, the powerful symbolism of fire as elemental force and the human quest for meaning through ritual and imagination.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003
- Bibliography (7)
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Catharine Lumby (Australia) (Author), Tim Storrier: the art of the outsider, St Leonards, 2000, 45, 51, 55 (illus.), 124-125 (colour illus.), 126 (colour illus.). colour plate no. 92; titled 'Point to point (Evening blaze line)'; dated 1989; photograph on pg. 55 and pg. 126 shows artist in Walsh Bay studio working on painting
Elizabeth Sarks (Australia) (Author), Tim Storrier - A Survey, New South Wales, 1993. cat.no. 22; titled 'Point to point'; dated 1988/89
Fischer Fine Art Ltd (England), Blaze lines: recent paintings by Tim Storrier, London, 1990, 2 (illus.). Photograph of artist with work in studio before completion.
Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Author), Tim Storrier: burning of the gifts, Collingwood, 1989, 18, 42 (colour illus.). colour plate no. 25; titled 'Point to point'; dated 1988/89
'All aflame with a cavalcade of talent' by Elwyn Lynn, pg 13 [Weekend section]., The Weekend Australian 29 Jul 1989-30 Jul 1989, 29 Jul 1989-30 Jul 1989, 13 [Weekend section]. Review of 1989 Australian Galleries exhibition.
'Art: Tim Storrier, Australian Galleries' by Paul McGillick., The Australian financial review 28 Jul 1989, 28 Jul 1989. Review of 1989 Australian Galleries exhibition.
Linda Van Nunen (Author), Point to point: the art of Tim Storrier, Sydney, 1987, 77. Refers to the series of paintings depicting this theme.
- Exhibition history (6)
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Tim Storrier [1989], Australian Galleries, Sydney, 25 Jul 1989–15 Aug 1989.
Tim Storrier survey, Orange Regional Gallery, 08 Oct 1993–07 Nov 1993.
Tim Storrier survey, Moree Plains Gallery, 19 Nov 1993–04 Jan 1994.
Tim Storrier survey, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 21 Jan 1994–27 Feb 1994.
Tim Storrier survey, Mildura Arts Centre, 01 Apr 1994–27 Apr 1994.
Tim Storrier survey, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, 06 May 1994–19 Jun 1994.
