Power Play
$2,850
A chessboard stretches across the Mackenzie country, tussock and snow-capped Southern Alps behind it, and the board’s pattern repeating up into the blue sky like a receding grid. The pieces are carved heads. On one side, pale figures in a cowboy hat and mirrored sunglasses. Facing them, dark stone knights and a figure in a wide-brimmed hat that could have come off any New Zealand farm.
Bruce Luxford paints wealth, power and land acquisition as a great game of chess. The setting is unmistakably high country, some of the most contested land in the country, and the pieces make the players plain enough without spelling anything out. Nobody in the picture is playing for a small stake.
The carved faces are characteristic of Luxford’s surrealism, where solid objects take on human features and landscapes turn into stages. Painted in oils with the fine detail and deep sky he is known for.
Details:
- Artist: Bruce Luxford
- Medium: Oils on canvas
- Dimensions: 76 x 101 cm
- Year: 2016
- Price: $2,850 NZD
- One of a kind, ships from New Zealand
Shipping
This work ships from New Zealand, carefully packed and insured by our freight partner. Freight is charged separately at checkout. As a guide, freight to the United States or Europe runs between $630 and $1,110 depending on the size of the work, and within New Zealand between $85 and $300. Larger works are quoted individually.
For an exact shipping quote, or if you are outside New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Europe or the United States, please enquire about this work and I will come back to you within 24 hours. You are also welcome to email me directly at lorraine@nzmaoriart.com.
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