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Ian Scott

IAN SCOTT

Asymmetrical Chevrons Lett Thomas 13 September–14 October 2023 Karangahape Road
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After his first foray into the ‘Lattice,’ Scott began new experiments into abstraction, one of which was the Asymmetrical Chevrons, a unique suite made between 1983 and 1984. Playful and bold, vari-coloured skies hover above abstracted cloud and landscape forms. With their dynamic, lightening-bolt shapes and high-key colours, these high-spirited paintings exude energy and optimism.

The Asymmetrical Lattices of 1983 are part of developments Scott made through the period 1982–1986. Unlike the even, diagonal emphasis of the earlier ‘Lattice’ works, the Asymmetrical Lattices involve thick bands of colour grouped either to one side or the top of the picture plane. There is a tightening and tension as well as a command of negative space.

Scott was frequently exhibited at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, including Abstract Attitudes (1976), The Grid (1983), and Local Revolutionaries: Art & Change 1965-1986 (2010). His work is held in the collections of Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington; Victoria University Art Collection, Wellington; the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and many other public and private collections in New Zealand.

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Ian Scott was a New Zealand painter who, over the course of a fifty-year career, consistently pushed the boundaries of representation and appropriation in New Zealand art. Scott began his career working as a landscape painter, responding to the tradition of hard-edged regionalism that dominated New Zealand art. However, by the early 1970s he began drawn on trends in international Modernism, bringing a much needed internationalism into New Zealand’s parochial scene. In particular, the geometric abstraction of American painters like Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis increasingly informed Scott’s practice.

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About the Gallery

Lett Thomas is a contemporary art gallery in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The gallery represents international and locally based artists at the forefront of contemporary practice, and presents a programme of exhibitions focused on innovative practices from the present day and preceding decades. In addition, the gallery regularly produces art publications, ranging from artist books to collected writings.

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312 Karangahape Road
Newton
Auckland
New Zealand
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Auckland 312 Karangahape Road, Newton
Lett Thomas contemporary art gallery in Karangahape Road Auckland New Zealand
Lett Thomas
312 Karangahape Road, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 309 7848
https://lett-thomas.com/

Opening hours
Wednesday – Friday
11am – 5pm

Saturday
11am – 3pm
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