signed, titled and dated 1993 to the stretcher; titled and dated to three gallery labels on the reverse
80 x 63 in (203.2 x 160.0 cm)
(including Buyer's Premium)
Costin & Klintworth Gallery, Toronto
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto
Birch Contemporary, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
"With the series Four Corners, Poldaas has succeeded in creating phenomenally restless objects which beguile us even as they induce reflection. Each painting is made up of a score of four-sided geometric shapes in four different colours: blue, red, grey and brown. These shapes fit together neatly like pieces in a colour puzzle. As we try to find order within their apparent chaos, Poldaas successfully frustrates every attempt we make at definitive solutions. The multiple juxtapositions of the planes of colour result in a compelling play between a flat, two-dimensional space and the space of Cubist geometry and, as such, the paintings refuse any one spatial interpretation.”
–James D . Campbell
This work is one from a series of six paintings. Other paintings from the series are included in the collection of The Art Bank, Ottawa and the corporate collection of McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto.
