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Matthew Browne 'Ro'
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$2,000 - $4,000
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ARTIST
Matthew Browne
Description
Matthew Browne
Ro, 2024
signed and dated verso
acrylic and oil on linen
400 x 300mm
Artist information:
Matthew Browne
b. 1959, London
Works and lives in Auckland
Matthew Browne is an abstract painter based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. His striking geometric paintings feature sharp lines with bold, experimental colour palettes. His works could be read as overtly formalist, and connected to a long tradition of abstract painting, meshed in a discourse of surface, colour, form, and grids. But, in their subtleties, there is also something more open-ended and exploratory at play. Browne has described a process that starts in exploring formal relationships in colour and form but develops greater complexity as the work progresses.
Browne is interested in the perception of the viewer and their relationship to the work. Too much precision, in his consideration, can make a work impenetrable. Whereas an element of material vulnerability can bring the work back to the relatable. This is a necessary aspect of the work – painting, after all, is a form of communication, though what it communicates is often outside of verbal language. He states, “I see my paintings as a way to encourage and make visible those metaphorical images and sensations that normally reside deep in the unconscious.” For Browne, a key aspect of what the paintings communicate is stillness, a respite from the cacophony of the world.
Browne holds a BA from the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (1982) and an MFA (Hons) from Elam School of Fine Arts led to an MFA in 2000. He has exhibited his work throughout New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. His works are held in private collections throughout these countries, along with Denmark, Singapore, Canada and the USA. Public collections include The Royal Overseas League, London, and the Parliamentary Collection, Wellington.
Gow Langsford Gallery have represented Matthew Browne since 2022.
Ro, 2024
signed and dated verso
acrylic and oil on linen
400 x 300mm
Artist information:
Matthew Browne
b. 1959, London
Works and lives in Auckland
Matthew Browne is an abstract painter based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. His striking geometric paintings feature sharp lines with bold, experimental colour palettes. His works could be read as overtly formalist, and connected to a long tradition of abstract painting, meshed in a discourse of surface, colour, form, and grids. But, in their subtleties, there is also something more open-ended and exploratory at play. Browne has described a process that starts in exploring formal relationships in colour and form but develops greater complexity as the work progresses.
Browne is interested in the perception of the viewer and their relationship to the work. Too much precision, in his consideration, can make a work impenetrable. Whereas an element of material vulnerability can bring the work back to the relatable. This is a necessary aspect of the work – painting, after all, is a form of communication, though what it communicates is often outside of verbal language. He states, “I see my paintings as a way to encourage and make visible those metaphorical images and sensations that normally reside deep in the unconscious.” For Browne, a key aspect of what the paintings communicate is stillness, a respite from the cacophony of the world.
Browne holds a BA from the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (1982) and an MFA (Hons) from Elam School of Fine Arts led to an MFA in 2000. He has exhibited his work throughout New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. His works are held in private collections throughout these countries, along with Denmark, Singapore, Canada and the USA. Public collections include The Royal Overseas League, London, and the Parliamentary Collection, Wellington.
Gow Langsford Gallery have represented Matthew Browne since 2022.
