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DiaporamaFish and Chips, Maketu
Contemporary Realism
1975
91.0 x 60.0 cm
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Robin White’s art celebrates the significance of everyday things. She creates work that responds to her own environment, reflecting specific times and places with both clarity and simplicity. White’s work maps the many places that she has lived – from Bottle Creek near Wellington to the Pacific island of Kiribati – and the communities that she has been part of. Fish and Chips, Maketu has become an iconic image of ‘New Zealandness’.White’s characteristic sharply outlined forms reveal the charm of this unpretentious building, and the quiet dignity of the family businesses which form the heart of small communities. She says, ‘I’m not concerned with just recording something though. I take great liberties with the environment, using it to my own ends. I’ve always been conscious that painting is fundamentally an abstract thing.’See more detail about this artwork
robin jeanne diangelo (1956 –)
Explore Robin DiAngelo's impactful work in critical discourse & whiteness studies. Author of 'White Fragility,' she examines race, power & language. Learn more!
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland, New Zealand)
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About this artwork
- Title: Fish and Chips, Maketu
- Artist: robin jeanne diangelo
- Year: 1975
- Original dimensions: 91.0 x 60.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Keywords: vibrant artwork , contemporary art , takeaway eatery
- Color hue: Blue-Violet to Rose
- Color intensity: Balanced
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