Untitled 20070406 2007

TIM MAGUIRE born 1958

Untitled 20070406 2007

oil on canvas
160.0 x 148.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed verso: Maguire '07/ Untitled 20070406

Provenance:
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 15 November 2012, lot 35
Private collection, Melbourne
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 19 June 2014, lot 45
Private collection of Mr Rodney Menzies, Melbourne
Estate of the above

Reference:
Tim Maguire is represented by Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne

Estimate: $38000 - 48000

Result Hammer: $16000

Is it the delicately layered colours, the deliberate removal of scale or the immense size of the canvas that draws you into a Tim Maguire picture? Throughout his career Maguire has built an extensive body of awork around the proliferation of the natural world. In this choice, the artist’s subject matter remains in distinct contrast to his contemporary peers. Moving away from a focus on derision and the dissolution of traditional form, Maguire juxtaposes a modern aesthetic with traditional ideologies.

An artist drawn to the science of colour and sight, Maguire’s photorealist images are constructed by the repetitive addition and subtraction of multiple layers of primary pigment. Removing the boundaries between painting and photography Maguire obliterates visual distinctions between digital and handcrafted art. This veritable tension imbues his works with a sense of performance, creating images that are spectacularly illusionistic and cinema-like in their sense of drama.

The work currently on offer, Untitled 20070406 2007, exemplifies the artist’s ability to negotiate space and colour. The astonishing luminosity of the canvas explores the delicate membranes of its subject and idolises the primary nature of painting; aestheticism. Whether it is simply the sheer beauty of his flower works that command attention or his technical rendering, the artist’s truly contemporary aesthetic is inspiring.

Kattie Bugeja
Kattie Bugeja is an experienced arts administrator and creative content producer who has worked with commercial galleries, auction houses, public museums, government agencies and not-for-profits both nationally and internationally.

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