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Details
- Date
- 1982
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 170.0 x 280.0 x 4.5 cm stretcher
- Signature & date
Signed and dated u.l. verso on canvas, black pencil or crayon ".../ John Peart/ 1982/ ...".
- Credit
- Gift of by Frank Watters 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 39.2018
- Copyright
- © Estate of John Peart
- Artist information
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John Peart
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About
John Peart is regarded as one of Australian art's most accomplished abstract painters. Peart's visit to India and discovery of eastern philosophies in the mid-1970s had a profound impact on his life and work. In his own words: "Certain philosophical ideas have spurred my enthusiasm for working: Indian philosophy out of Hinduism and Buddhism …historically, early abstraction grew out of philosophical and spiritual aspirations, and that is part of my artistic heritage" [1]. The influence of these beliefs in Peart's works can be seen in the repetitious and freely applied layers and daubs of paint in 'Rabir Kirtan'. It is a work of monumental and poetic complexity that nonetheless looks as it was executed spontaneously in a meditative state.
1. John Peart quoted in John Peart paintings 1964-2004, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 2004, p 19
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Frank's flat, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, 27 May 2011–17 Jul 2011
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Frank’s flat: A selection from Frank Watters collection, Maitland, 2011, 15 (colour illus.), 28 (colour illus.), 32. cat.no. 181
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