Absent Minded Professor by Julian Hooper

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Absent Minded Professor

Absent Minded Professor

Artist

Julian Hooper
Production Date

2019
Medium

acrylic on canvas
Size

605 x 455 mm
Credit

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2019
Accession Number

C2019/1/11/1
Accession Date

14 Jun 2019
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Painting
Collection

Chartwell
Description

Absent-minded professor
"Colour travels around the head of the professor like thoughts through neuro-pathways. My father was a professor, and to me this painting feels like him. I once mocked him for being lost in his own thoughts, and he replied, “Do not laugh at your father. I am not your past, I am you future.”
Julian Hooper to Ron Brownson
30 October 2019