Floriated Room (1993)



Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, c.173 x 254
Private collection, Melbourne

This painting, first exhibited in Arkley’s 1993 solo show at the Bellas Gallery in  Brisbane, is documented by a slide in Arkley’s archive (reproduced here).

The  fevered colour and turbulent patterning complicate the bland compositional source – the sitting room page in Gold’s Instant Decorator (template no.1, modified): see also the preparatory collage Blue Chip Instant Decorator: a Room 1989 [W/P].

Provenance

  • Collection of Stephen Skala, Melbourne (according to Gould 11/13)
  • Private collection, Melbourne, 1997- (see also Gould 11/13)

Exhibited

  • HA Bellas, Brisbane, 5/93, cat.4 (title only given in the check-list; priced at $12,000)
  • HA Gould 11/13 (ill., provenance details as shown above)