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Details
- Other Title
- Point to point
- Date
- 1988-1990
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Dimensions
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triptych: 174.0 x 1044.0 cm stretcher overall
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a - left panel, 174 x 347 cm
b - centre panel, 174 x 350 cm
c - right panel, 174 x 347 cm
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner right panel [part c], pencil ".../ Storrier/ 1989".
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 359.2003.a-c
- Copyright
- © Tim Storrier
- Artist information
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Tim Storrier
Works in the collection
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About
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
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Tim Storrier [1989], Australian Galleries, Sydney, Paddington, 25 Jul 1989–15 Aug 1989
Tim Storrier survey, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 08 Oct 1993–07 Nov 1993
Tim Storrier survey, Bank Art Museum Moree, Moree, 19 Nov 1993–04 Jan 1994
Tim Storrier survey, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 21 Jan 1994–27 Feb 1994
Tim Storrier survey, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, 01 Apr 1994–27 Apr 1994
Tim Storrier survey, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, 06 May 1994–19 Jun 1994
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Bibliography
Referenced in 7 publications
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Edmund Capon., Blaze lines: recent paintings by Tim Storrier, 'Tim Storrier and blaze lines', London, 1990, 2 (illus.). Photograph of artist with work in studio before completion.
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Deborah Hart, Tim Storrier: burning of the gifts, Collingwood, 1989, 18, 42 (colour illus.). colour plate no. 25; titled 'Point to point'; dated 1988/89
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Catharine Lumby, 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
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Elwyn Lynn, The Weekend Australian, 'All aflame with a cavalcade of talent', pg 13 [Weekend section]., Sydney, 29 Jul 1989-30 Jul 1989, 13 [Weekend section]. Review of 1989 Australian Galleries exhibition.
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Paul McGillick., The Australian financial review, 'Art: Tim Storrier, Australian Galleries', Sydney, 28 Jul 1989. Review of 1989 Australian Galleries exhibition.
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Elizabeth Sarks, Tim Storrier - A Survey, New South Wales, 1993. cat.no. 22; titled 'Point to point'; dated 1988/89
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Linda Van Nunen, Point to point: the art of Tim Storrier, Sydney, 1987, 77. Refers to the series of paintings depicting this theme.
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