Ralph Hotere: The Dark is Light Enough: A Biographical Portrait by O'Sullivan Vincent

Author:O'Sullivan, Vincent [O’Sullivan, Vincent]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780143775164
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand
Published: 2013-04-08T00:00:00+00:00

People want reductive solutions to his paintings. They want to say that everything is political. So the Malady paintings are seen as something to do with the anti-nuclear stance of some of his other work. Or because he does black paintings, some people think it must have something to do with his being Māori … Or the darkness is seen as tragic darkness, or threatening darkness. But it might just be the night sky. But there is this difficult beauty … except that it’s not difficult. It’s only difficult if you want a straightforward answer. It’s only being itself. It’s certainly no more itself if it stands absolutely still and says one single, very clear thing.19

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