Who says that bigger is better? Abstract expressionist painter Robert Motherwell

clearly didn’t think so – he once declared it possible to “paint a monumental picture that’s only 10 inches wide, if one has a sense of scale, which is very different from a sense of size”. And New York painter and collagist Perle Fine said it’s possible for a painting to have impact even in a “postage stamp size”. It’s this sense of the small but wonderful that is the underlying theme behind a new exhibition on display from today at the prestigious Gow Langsford Gallery in Auckland.

Clock the Ton features 100 new and existing artworks from selected gallery artists, which include John Pule, Dick Frizzell, Shane Cotton, Allen Maddox, Martin Ball, Darryn George and Sara Hughes. Each piece of art on display is less than 600mm2 with a range of media and styles represented, from Reuben Paterson’s glitter and acrylic on canvas to Simon Ingram’s video work. The miniature works act as a contrast to the grand spectacle of Postmodern art and the Modernist movement, with most of the pieces on display being small enough to carry in a suitcase.

Source [ NZHerald ]