Lot 5: Vincent Hoisington (1924-1972) Untitled

Vincent Hoisington (1924-1972)
Untitled
1972

signed and dated on the reverse
enamel paint on repoussé aluminium

77 by 56 cm.
30 2/8 by 22 in.
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Provenance
Private Collection, Amsterdam

Vincent Hoisington
無題
一九七二年作

簽名（畫背）
搪瓷漆 鋁

來源
荷蘭阿姆斯特丹私人收藏

Capturing the zeitgeist of the 1970s, Vincent Hoisington enthrals with voluminous abstract forms that suggest primal elements. The viewer is drawn into an amorphous amalgam of colour and form, never constrained and constantly flowing into a myriad of interpretations. The imagination is at once stimulated and nudged by suggestions of planets and orbs, both resembling a sun and an eye—the transparent varnishes of colour filtering the metallic glint of aluminium substrate that shines through. His work is 'a dissenting voice' among the romanticism of the Nanyang Style, more often seen in the second generation of Singaporean artists. Hoisington's oeuvre is a unique and very emotionally resonant component in early Singapore art history. He produced a diverse body of work that undoubtedly enriched the local art scene until his untimely death in 1972, at the age of 48.