Artist
Victoria Morton *1971
About the work
The painting has been conceived as a multi-part space-specific wall object. It consists of two canvases presented standing at right angles to each other in a corner. It contains various shapes in different sizes and colours which are interwoven but do not give rise to an ornamental pattern. Rather the shapes condense dynamically into the corner of the room. The internationally known Scottish artist has referred to a photograph of a female nude in a fashion magazine and to the 1664 Claude Lorrain painting Landscape with Psyche outside the Palace of Cupid as sources of inspiration for this work. Yet scarcely anything of those sources can be discerned in the work. They could instead constitute the starting point for this kaleidoscope of subtle shapes and colours in which Psyche has been metaphorically captured.
Year
2004
Material / Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions of the object
linke Tafel 235 x 150 cm, rechte Tafel 235 x 215 cm
Signature
linke Tafel verso auf dem Bildträger links betitelt, signiert und datiert: PSYCHE - WAITING | Victoria Morton | 2004; rechte Tafel verso auf dem Bildträger Mitte rechts bezeichnet: PSYCHE - WAITING | Victoria Morton | 2004
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
1417
Access
2013 donation by Céline and Heiner Bastian
Photo
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/PUNCTUM/Bertram Kober
© Victoria Morton
Status
Not on display
Exhibitions
- Blick in die Sammlung. Schenkung Céline und Heiner Bastian, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Museum am Theaterplatz, Ebene 3 30.08.2014 – 26.04.2015
- Von Pablo Picasso bis Robert Rauschenberg. Sammlung Céline, Heiner und Aeneas Bastian. Hommage à Ingrid Mössinger, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Museum am Theaterplatz 12.11.2017 – 03.04.2018
- Silent Stories. Neuerwerbungen und Schenkungen - zeitgenössische Kunst, Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz 03.12.2022 – 26.02.2023
Year
2004
Material / Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions of the object
linke Tafel 235 x 150 cm, rechte Tafel 235 x 215 cm
Signature
linke Tafel verso auf dem Bildträger links betitelt, signiert und datiert: PSYCHE - WAITING | Victoria Morton | 2004; rechte Tafel verso auf dem Bildträger Mitte rechts bezeichnet: PSYCHE - WAITING | Victoria Morton | 2004
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
1417
Access
2013 donation by Céline and Heiner Bastian
Photo
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/PUNCTUM/Bertram Kober
© Victoria Morton
Status
Not on display