[no title] 1978

Curator: It's a deeply moody piece, isn't it? So dark, almost like staring into a night sky. Editor: Indeed. This untitled work by Robyn Denny, currently held in the Tate Collections, presents overlapping geometric forms executed in shades of blue. We don’t have a specific date for it, but Denny was active during a period of significant shifts in art’s relationship to industry. Curator: I am interested in how Denny seems to be deliberately playing with the materiality of the paint and the texture of the paper. It feels almost like a blueprint, a design or system rendered by hand. Editor: That's a clever observation. Consider the socio-political context: the post-war drive for urban planning and modernization. Could these stacked shapes mirror the architectural ambitions of the era, a time when art was expected to engage with societal change? Curator: Perhaps it's about visualizing the mechanics of constructing something, whether it's a building or an idea. Editor: It certainly gives one pause to consider the artist’s intentions. Curator: Yes, a lot to unpack here. Editor: Absolutely.