Growth 1968

"Growth" is a 1968 painting by New Zealand artist Rita Angus, now held by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The abstract work is composed of bright, flat geometric shapes against a light blue background, with a grid pattern dividing the space. This visual structure references the artist’s interest in the formal qualities of modernist painting, particularly the influence of geometric abstraction, while still incorporating a sense of organic growth through the use of triangle shapes.