New Zealand. 1947 - 2021
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1930 - 1977. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
Reflecting McCahon's increasingly dispirited state during the closing years of his vast and prodigious career, a final series of four works, drawing upon texts from Ecclesiastes, poignantly... Read full biography
Reflecting McCahon's increasingly dispirited state during the closing years of his vast and prodigious career, a final series of four works, drawing upon texts from Ecclesiastes, poignantly illustrate the artist's ultimate collapse of faith in faith itself. In stark contrast to the majority of his... Read full biography
Reflecting McCahon's increasingly dispirited state during the closing years of his vast and prodigious career, a final series of four works, drawing upon texts from Ecclesiastes, poignantly illustrate the artist's ultimate collapse of faith in faith itself. In stark contrast to the majority of his oeuvre which had hitherto optimistically asserted a 'Victory over Death', now - consumed by heavy drinking and bitterness at years of public misunderstanding and denigration, as well as an increasing... Read full biography
Reflecting McCahon's increasingly dispirited state during the closing years of his vast and prodigious career, a final series of four works, drawing upon texts from Ecclesiastes, poignantly illustrate the artist's ultimate collapse of faith in faith itself. In stark contrast to the majority of his oeuvre which had hitherto optimistically asserted a 'Victory over Death', now - consumed by heavy drinking and bitterness at years of public misunderstanding and denigration, as well as an increasing paranoia and suspicion of even long-time supporters, and most fundamentally, his debilitating battle against dementia - McCahon emphasized the futility of human effort and indeed, profound uncertainty as to God's true nature. Painted in his... Read full biography
Reflecting McCahon's increasingly dispirited state during the closing years of his vast and prodigious career, a final series of four works, drawing upon texts from Ecclesiastes, poignantly illustrate the artist's ultimate collapse of faith in faith itself. In stark contrast to the majority of his oeuvre which had hitherto optimistically asserted a 'Victory over Death', now - consumed by heavy drinking and bitterness at years of public misunderstanding and denigration, as well as an increasing paranoia and suspicion of even long-time supporters, and most fundamentally, his debilitating battle against dementia - McCahon emphasized the futility of human effort and indeed, profound uncertainty as to God's true nature. Painted in his distinctive cursive white script on black, almost featureless backgrounds, thus the compositions offer... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: Let Be, Let Be, 1959
Let Be, Let Be, 1959
Colin McCahonLet Be, Let Be, 1959
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Visible Mysteries no.4
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North Otago Landscape 3
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