No title by Susan Te Kahurangi King

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Artist

Susan Te Kahurangi King
Production Date

circa 1975-circa 1980
Medium

pencil, coloured pencil, crayon and ebony pencil on paper
Size

235 x 260 mm
Credit

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2015
Accession Number

C2015/1/10/2
Accession Date

23 Apr 2015
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Drawing
Collection

Chartwell
Description

Susan Te Kahurangi King is a prolific New Zealand artist whose drawings have been exhibited internationally. Although King has not spoken since she was aged eight, she has communicated her vision with thousands of drawings created since the 1950s.

In this work, bathers with hooded eyes are overshadowed by masked and claw-footed humanoids who float rather ominously above them. Such graphic drama is a characteristic of King’s drawings, in which surprising, sinister and delightful imagery are often mixed together in unexpected ways.