Coloured Line 2012 by Simon Morris

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Coloured Line 2012

Coloured Line 2012

Artist

Simon Morris
Production Date

2012
Medium

variable
Credit

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession Number

C2013/1/1
Accession Date

11 Jul 2013
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Drawing
Collection

Chartwell
Chartwell Notes

In this new work for Two Rooms, Coloured Line 2012, the idea is that the line works its way horizontally from left to right, right to left, left to right from the floor up the wall until there is no more time to continue painting. Each coloured segment is one meter long, and the paint is applied with a light fluid touch. “I’m interested in the way the pattern clarifies as more time is spent painting in space.”

Text from Two Rooms website