Red matter wall drawing #3
1994
Medium
red fibre-tipped pen on existing wall
artist's book: colour photocopy, decal lettering, 114 pages, plastic cover, spiral binding
Measurements
(1) 297.0 × 210.0 cm (variable) (installation)
(2) 30.2 × 22.6 cm (page) 31.0 × 24.4 × 2.7 cm (closed) 31.0 × 47.5 cm (open)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Margaret Stewart Endowment, 1996
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Kerrie Poliness’s Red matter wall drawing #3 is a book of instructions that requires ‘collaborators’ to create the work in red fibre-tipped pen directly onto a wall. Based on formal rules and geometric principles of abstract painting, the instructions leave some decision-making to the person who executes the drawing. As a result, the form and composition of the work varies with each realisation, subject to variables in interpretation, calculation and error.