Ildiko Kovacs: Down the Line
Ildiko Kovacs: Down the Line 1980-2010 is a survey of striking art works produced by leading Australian artist Ildiko Kovacs.
Published by Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, this attractive hard-cover publication features essays by Daniel Mudie Cunningham and Terence Maloon. The book is a companion to Ildiko Kovacs: Down the Line 1980-2010 , a survey of striking art works produced by leading Australian artist Ildiko Kovacs and curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham. The arresting body of abstract paintings in this first major survey were produced over three decades and loaned from notable public and private collections.
This survey unveils the motivation of line in Kovacs’s practice, its unique connection to colour and how it endures as the key element to generate form and meaning. Kovacs describes the line as a metaphor for landscape as well as a personification of her own nature. Over the years, she has developed a graphic visual language drawn from abstraction’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous ties. The line has taken time to materialise and evolve in Kovacs work. Earlier paintings exemplify an artist committed to developing a unique and intuitive visual language, while also responding to the influence of various Australian painters.
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