Geometrics at the Tate

Going to the Tate Modern, for me, is now like visiting an old friend, or watching your favourite movie over and over again.  You know what you are going to receive from the free exhibitions when you visit yet again with another group of students, or another group of friends or family, but every time you go to the Tate or watch your favourite movie you notice another feature, line or artwork, that makes you consider what you are currently doing, in a new light.

Last week, on another visit to the Southbank, I was particularly struck by the geometric forms in the Chromatic Structures section upon Level 3, that features work from artists such as Victor Pasmore, Helio Oiticia, Charles Biederman and Mary Martin that explore geometric form and colour to produce autonomous abstract art.  I was particularly taken by the reliefs of Victor Pasmore, and Charles Biederman.  Although informed by pure organic forms and geometry, these works reflect the geometric forms and bright colours of interfaces I have been referencing in my recent drawings, and various relief structures recreate smaller layers of larger reliefs I have been building in installations.

Victor Pasmore, Abstract in White, Black, Indian and Lilac, 1957