Not on display
- Artist
- Peter Kinley 1926–1988
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 1375 × 1830 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1994
- Reference
- T06878
Display caption
In Flowers on a Table, Kinley applies his rigorous eye to traditional still life. The subject has been abstracted and flattened into a single, concise shape. Through painting, Kinley sought to fuse the visible world with an inner world of recollection and emotion. He wrote, 'What I really didn't want to do was to paint illusionistic space'. The symmetrical composition and the fusion of the table and flower forms suggest a ritualistic significance beyond the purely domestic. This hieratic treatment of familiar objects recalls the conventions of Egyptian wall painting, an influence which stems from Kinley's fascination with Egyptian art.
Gallery label, August 2004
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