Monaro
Rosalie GASCOIGNE: artist
Gascoigne entered the art world at the age of 57, already an unique artist who started making art at home while caring forthree children. She fashioned her assemblages from found materials and Monaro is composed from old Schweppes crates found at a local drinks factory. The undulating lines that define this work were caused by a band-saw Gascoigne used which made it difficult to cut straight lines. They result in brilliant references to the wind blowing over a wheat field in Autumn. The half-readable black words on the bright yellow crates further imbue Monaro with a lilting, lyrical and poetic edge. All of Gascoigne's work is about recollecting feelings and emotions in response to the landscape. Monaro has a strong connection to the landscape where she lived. It captures the beauty of this rural Australian landscape.
Title
Monaro
Artist/Maker and role
Rosalie GASCOIGNE: artist
Date
1989
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on sawn and split soft-drink wooden crates on plywood
Measurements
131 x 457 cm (overall)
(a) 130.6 x 114.2 cm
(b) 130.8 x 114.3 cm
(c) 130.6 x 114.2 cm
(d) 130.8 x 114.7 cm
(a) 130.6 x 114.2 cm
(b) 130.8 x 114.3 cm
(c) 130.6 x 114.2 cm
(d) 130.8 x 114.7 cm
Credit line
Purchased 1989
© Rosalie Gascoigne 1989
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1989/0277.a-d