Lot 61
KEN CURRIE (B.1960) §
A TREE OF LIBERTY
Auction: 6 December 2002 at 12:00 GMT
Description
Oil on canvas
218cm x 386cm (86in x 152in)
Footnote
Exhibited:Third Eye Centre, Glasgow 1988
Literature:Julian Spalding in his introduction to the Third Eye Centre exhibition concludes his appraisal of Currie's work to date :" The keenness of observation combined with technical skill is the foundation of Currie's achievement to date. But he pushes beyond this towards a symbolic statement which does not sacrifice the actual in it's aim for the general. This ambition enanbles him to depict not just what the city (Glasgow) looks like from a (safe) distance but what it means to live in as well. In his portrait of a city, people loom largest. At a stroke he has made realist painting suddenly and obviously relevant again."