Dimensions: image: 550 x 695 mm
Copyright: © Alan Green | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is "Variation B" by Alan Green. It's hard to put a date on it, but it's in the Tate collection. The muted colors and grid-like structure create a feeling of… restraint, somehow. What do you see in this piece? Curator: I see a quiet rebellion against the macho bravado often associated with abstract expressionism. The subtle color palette and fragmented composition speak to a more introspective, perhaps even feminine, sensibility. How does the grid inform your understanding? Editor: I guess I see it as a structure to contain the different color blocks. Curator: Exactly. Perhaps reflecting the societal constraints placed on women artists during that period. Green's work subtly challenges those boundaries. It is a powerful statement. Editor: That's a perspective I hadn't considered. Curator: Art always invites us to question our own assumptions.
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Green was born in London and studied at Beckenham College of Art and the Royal College. He combined his international exhibiting career with teaching posts at Leeds College of Art and later Ravensbourne College of Art. Green has made prints throughout his artistic career and believes that they are powerful vehicles of expression. In 1976 he said 'I don't find a Rembrandt etching of any less significance than one of his paintings, because it's reflected very much in value and uniqueness'. Gallery label, September 2004
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