The Estate of Roger Kemp
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Roger Kemp
Untitled, 1953 - 1954
enamel on board
122.00 x 92.00
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Roger Kemp: Works from the Estate 1930s-1960s, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 7 - 28 September, 2019, no. 14
Literature & references:
see Patrick McCaughey, Roger Kemp: Cycle and Direction 1935-1975, 1978, exhibition catalogue, no. 39, 40 and 41 for related works;
see also Christopher Heathcote, The Art of Roger Kemp, McMillan, Melbourne, 2007, pp. 83 & 184 for similar works;
Charles Nodrum, Works from the Estate 1930s-1960s, Charles Nodrum Gallery, exhibition catalogue, 2019:
“In the mid 1940s there’s a dramatic change of palette. In the landscapes, day is followed by night, and from the dark nocturnes there soon emerged a purer abstraction that held sway through the 50s and into the 60s. Here, circles, cruciforms (and, later, bird-forms) appear and the symbolic aspect comes more to the fore: the circle epitomising balance and perfection; the cruciform, the human body; and the dove, flight and freedom. Composition board and enamel paints allowed for both a larger scale and for the more rigorous patterning for which he is probably best known.” (Nodrum, op. cit.)
Further works by the Artist
Untitled (Dancers in Music Movement)
Roger Kemp
1935 - 1939
oil on card, 54.50 x 42.80
Price: $25,000
Since its establishment in 1984, the Charles Nodrum Gallery’s exhibition program embraces a diversity of media and styles - from painting, sculpture & works on paper to graphics and photography; from figurative, geometric, gestural, surrealist & social comment to installation & conceptually based work.