Dimensions: support: 508 x 406 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Adrian Heath | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: Here we have Adrian Heath's "White Collage," a collection of geometric shapes in gentle, earthy tones. I find the composition quite soothing; what feelings or ideas does it spark in you? Curator: Well, it whispers of a quiet geometry, doesn't it? Like a deconstructed Mondrian on a cloudy day. Notice how the textured paint both unites and fractures the collage. Do you feel a sense of balance or tension? Editor: I see balance, but there’s a slight unease in the overlapping forms. It makes me curious about Heath’s process. Curator: Perhaps he was exploring the push and pull between order and chaos, inviting us to find harmony in the unexpected. It's a subtle dance of shapes, wouldn't you agree? Editor: Definitely, I see the dance now. It’s like Heath is composing a silent melody with form and texture! Curator: Precisely, and that's the beauty of abstract art, isn't it? A fresh perspective each time!
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Adrian Heath uses painting and collage to create curved forms, contrasting painted regions with the ‘ready-made’ surfaces of paper and card. The use of found materials was common among a group of artists known as constructivists, who held exhibitions in Heath’s London home. Their compositions were often inspired by processes of growth in plants and animals and theories of proportion. Heath wrote: ‘The thing of interest is the actual life of the work: its growth from a particular white canvas or board … It is the process, the method of development that is the life of the painting.’ Gallery label, January 2025
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