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Colour Chart

Featuring works of Heather Boxall
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Apr 16, 2022

Artizan Gallery

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May 7, 2022

Colour Chart

EXHIBITED ARTWORK
Colour Chart

Referencing the British Colour Council Dictionary of Colour Standards.

Mulitfaceted Possibilities Of Colour

The work selected for this exhibition references the British Colour Council Dictionary of Colour Standards. A collaboration with poet Judith Wilson has resulted in a collection of poems that reference the colours’ nomenclature. These can be seen alongside monochrome paintings that seek to reinterpret the colours. The colour chart is a format adopted by many artists in various ways. Colour charts came into use by the 1880’s as mass production of ready mixed paints came onto the market. Their design established a format that has not changed since that time, a set of individual units arranged in rows and columns. ‘Unlike that of the colour wheel, there is no logic to the sequences of colour ranges…it is a non-hierarchical list of colours.’ (ref Colour Chart - Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today; MOMA; 2008).

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