Brian Dunlop 'Three Oranges' portrait

Brian Dunlop 'Three Oranges' portraitDespite its aesthetic refinement, Three Oranges is rich with narrative. In it, a girl sits atop an antique throne, her three Cabbage Patch dolls nestled below, an orange offering in each of their laps. On the rug before her, a miniature dervish dances and, atop a nearby table, a dark figurine watches. With outstretched feet, the girl fixes her gaze on the dark figure, shielding her dolls from its glare. This scene is redolent of a childs mind, where

Windows are flung open

vital evolution

‘Three Oranges’ is rich with narrative

The British-born David Aspden came to prominence with hard-edge abstraction and shaped canvasses

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Their fundamental belief was that art and politics ought not be separated

Set against a charged red field inhabited by a lone figure holding a bouquet

verified by the artist’s widow

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form and philosophy – intense configurations that summon curiosity

is Rankin’s practice itself

cyanotype on paper