Page 79 - The MoMA/ Guggenheim issue of World of Art magazine (2003)

Artist Profile ken RObinSOn
1940 born in auckland, new zealand
lives and works in auckland, new zealand

Travelled to England from new zealand and was accepted for full time study in painting at st Martins school of art in london after completing
The national Diploma of fine art was selected for postgraduate study. During his study at st Martins won their third year painting prize.
in 1967 was appointed lecturer in painting and design at Middlesbrough college of art in yorkshire, England for two years. was appointed
lecturer at the auckland institute of Technology in 1971.he is now lecturing part-time as senior lecturer at the auckland University of Technology.
his work has been exhibited widely in n.z. in group shows, one- man shows and is in private collections. he has exhibited overseas in such places
as sweden, italy, canada, venice, london, canada and new york.The basic structure of his work is intellectual but the paintings have a unique
balance of intuition and intellect that stops them from being too predictable. Exploring sculptural, spatial and painterly concerns as well as his
use of multi printmaking techniques. he gives each work a personality that is much more than its basic qualities of shape and color. The wit and
experience of the artist shows in the way he takes a single form and energizes it in ways both elaborate and simple in a variety of media. ken
robinson is not just an expressive painter he is in fact is a dedicated analyst of form. Moving beyond the action and immediate expression. control
and intellect and emotive energy remain the primary ingredients in his art.

Projection, 2002 wooD anD acrylic 214 x 242 cM. / 84¼ x 95¼ in.

sWirl, 2000 acrylic on wooD 151 x 121 cM. / 59½ x 47¾ in.
boxed, 2002 wooD anD acrylic 180 x 194 cM. / 71 x 76½ in.

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