XIII 7 1986 by Paul Huxley

Accession Code: wu0856
Title: XIII 7 1986
Date completed: 1986
Classification: Painting
Medium: Acrylic
Height (mm): 620mm
Width (mm): 570mm
Depth (mm):
Inscription:
Location Name: University House
Location Description: Executive Suite
Location Floor: 1

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 2007, from the Tom Bendhem bequest

This small work by Huxley relates to a series of larger paintings made by Huxley in the 1980s and 1990s in which the canvas is divided vertically into two sections; each contains either a variation of the other or a contrast in terms of form or colour. Here, the two sections contain similar basic forms but the right-hand one is more agitated and colourful and nudges playfully against the calculated harmony of its monochrome neighbour, suggesting some sort of dialogue between the two.