Oxford Gardens IX 1977

Editor: Here we have Ivor Abrahams' "Oxford Gardens IX." I find it slightly unsettling. It’s both inviting and forbidding, isn’t it? What leaps out at you? Curator: It's definitely got that push-and-pull, doesn't it? I see a slice of manicured suburbia – the clipped hedges, the suggestion of hidden depths. It’s like a stage set. I always wonder, what drama is about to unfold? What do you think the artist intended with this tension? Editor: Maybe it's about the hidden lives behind closed doors? Thank you. I will definitely look at this piece differently now. Curator: Precisely! Perhaps we all crave a bit of mystery, a glimpse behind the curtain. Food for thought, eh?