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künstler: Victor Pasmore
titel: Abstract wall installation
jahr: 1950
adresse: Bus Depot (canteen), Kingston upon Thames, UK
+: «The garage was also (improbably) an art venue. The canteen included a 1950 Victor Pasmore mural (below) - the Tate says 'drawing on the influence of Ben Nicholson (in 1950 on the invitation of Nicholson, Pasmore visited St. Ives, which was seen as a centre for landscape-derived abstraction) and on his own abstract collages of 1949, this mural signalled the direction of Pasmore’s work towards three-dimensional non-figuration'. However, the Kingston Garage Art Critic reports that the mural was ruined the last time the canteen was decorated. 'The abstract shapes were originally all painted in pastel colours to calm the observer down and make for a relaxing break from work. This was maintained right up until the last repaint of the canteen when some idiot decided to paint them all in much bolder colours (as seen in your picture) and destroyed the whole ambience. I'm glad the comfy chairs I used to sleep in were below this piece of art so I couldn't see it, otherwise it would have disturbed my slumbers.' The modified mural was reportedly rescued by the developers of the site in 1999.» (from: www.red-rf.com, May 30th, 2018)