Kenneth Lochhead

Grey Square

1963
"Grey Square" adopts a self-critical awareness of the materiality of the act of painting itself, with its formal rectilinear composition, stained paint application, and large scale. The work recalls the formal gestures associated with modernist abstract art, characterized by simplicity of design, line and colour, as well as an emphasis on the flat surface and frame of the canvas.
Title
Grey Square
Date
1963
Medium
Painting
Materials
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
187.8 x 194.7 cm
Nationality
Canadian
Credit line
Purchased 1965
Accession number
14763