Massive journey of personally nocturne'd object
1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 73.4 × 63.6 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales
- Inscription
- inscribed in brown paint l.r.: J Gleeson 1938
inscribed in ink on reverse: James Gleeson /
5 Anthony St. / Chatswood / Sydney "Massive Journey of Personally Nocturne'd Object" Price 25 guineas - Accession Number
- A2-1984
- Department
- Australian Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs J. McCaughey, 1984
© Courtesy of the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Biomorphic abstraction is a thread of Surrealism that echoes throughout many Australian artists’ work. This tendency drew upon imagery of the unconscious and the natural world, adopting the undulating lines of bones, weathered stones and other organic forms to create images both abstract and familiar in appearance. In this painting, James Gleeson’s rock formations resemble human forms, while the landscape they inhabit takes on the warm colour and consistency of flesh.
- Subjects (general)
- Abstract Art
- Subjects (specific)
- biomorphic abstraction landscapes (representations) psychological concepts rocks (landforms)
- Movements
- Surrealism
