Tony Tuckson: Figures [23.06.2011]
Tony Tuckso: Figures
Tuesday 28 July 2011 5-7 pm
dates: Tue 28 June to Sat 9 July 11
hours: Tue – Fri 11am to 6pm
Sat 11am to 5pm
admission: Free
To be opened by Susan McCulloch, OAM
The incredible distinction, even on an international assessment, of Tony Tuckson’s abstract work can promote the idea that his figurative paintings and abstract paintings are two distinct bodies of work. This is a misapprehension. Tuckson believed abstraction was the ultimate goal of contemporary painting and that it was necessary to undergo a rigorous apprenticeship to modern art to earn the right to paint in an ‘avant garde’ way. The paintings in this exhibition are all on pulpboard or cardboard. Part of that ‘rigorous apprenticeship’, they cover the seven years 1950 (he left art school in December 1949) to 1956 when, at last, he embraced – or was embraced by – abstraction.’ Geoffrey Legge, Director, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
Tony Tuckson is represented by Watters Gallery, Sydney.
Watters Gallery
109 Riley Street East Sydney NSW 2010
02 9331 2556
Image:Tony Tuckson, Untitled TP 618, 1950? – 1956?, oil on cardboard, 50.5 x 40.5cm.
