Howard Arkley
Vizard Collection
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
204 x 153 cm
Purchased 1994
© The Estate of Howard Arkley, Courtesy Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art Photography: Robert Colvin
Arkley’s painting techniques—his airbrush lines, stencilled patterns and psychedelic colours—add a significant twist to the subject … the use of a floral wallpaper motif might hint at the interior of the house behind the façade. On the other hand, the mechanically produced floral motif might hint at the artificiality of our encounter with nature in the manicured gardens of the suburbs. Alternatively, the flat pattern invokes the history of geometric abstraction and its ultimate nightmare, being reduced to mere visual wallpaper.2
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