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Red Square

Red Square
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Title
Red Square
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Collection
Te Papa Collections Online
Description

Red square, with its simple shapes and blocks of colour, illustrates a dramatic shift in Ralph Hotere’s practice, from an expressive style to geometric abstraction. Hotere was the first Māori artist to be fully recognised by New Zealand’s art mainstream. In 1961, he earned a fellowship to study in London, and then another to travel to France, where he immersed himself in modern European art. The experience was a pivotal one. The shapes and words that Hotere has used in this and other works o...

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Image
Date created
1965
Creator
Ralph Hotere
URL
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/724408
Related subjects
acrylic paint / paper / works on paper / Europe

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