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Details
- Date
- 2008
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on linen
- Dimensions
- 86.5 x 71.5 cm stretcher; 88.6 x 73.1 x 5.4 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Anonymous gift 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 131.2018
- Copyright
- © Moya McKenna
- Artist information
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Moya McKenna
Works in the collection
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About
Moya McKenna's paintings bring a gestural sensibility to the realist tradition of still life. McKenna works from tableaus, which she constructs in her studio using materials immediately at hand. Her earlier compositions pursued a relatively literal mode of translation from sculptural assemblage to painted image. However, this process quickly gave way to a more organic and imaginative response to her sources, as can be seen in 'Milk'. Here, figure and ground are difficult to distinguish, and identifiable subjects - including a pot plant and model elephants - jostle with more ambiguous forms. The work's sense of energy is derived in part from McKenna's wet-on-wet technique: works are completed at pace, without allowing one layer of paint to dry before beginning the next.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Rimbaud / Rambo, Neon Parc, Melbourne, 23 Sep 2008–17 Oct 2008
Matisse Alive, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Oct 2021–03 Apr 2022