All Black 2008
Inside a pitted, blackened, almost colonial frame, an allegory of black painting and rugby plays out on a square ground. Fifteen full blocks command the field, with six half blocks, the benched reserves. In a checklist of black painting, a first fifteen also dominate the art field - from Malevich , Rauschenberg, Stella and Reinhardt in the USA and Europe, to Mrkusich, McCahon and Hotere closer to home. The geometric grid provides a context of reproduction and multiples while the heat transfer properties emulate bodily functions like a post-performance sweat.
Current Work, City Art Rooms 2008
Black Candy, City Art Rooms 2009
Series: Concrete Painting