Title of Artwork: “Green and Purple Painting with Blue Disc: May 1960”
Artwork by Patrick Heron
Year Created 1960
Summary of Green and Purple Painting with Blue Disc: May 1960
This piece of art features a blue disc that is not a regular shape. It appears to be floating in front of a background that is a mix of green and purple colours. The disc seems to be changing size within the two-dimensional space of the picture. Heron’s abstract art was still based on what he saw in the real world, even though he didn’t use recognisable objects. He denied that he consciously painted ‘landscapes’, but affirmed: ‘the enormously powerful rhythmic energies of the granite outcrops beneath my feet transmit certain rhythms straight up through the soles of my shoes every minute of the day.’
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