"FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS"
by RBCole
Forgive the hubris of including my own first mural in this collection...
In 1914 Piet Mondrian reportedly said “Art is higher than reality, and has no relationship to reality.” Three years later Mondrian was a co-founder of the Dutch De Stijl movement, promoting the idea that purity in art required the elimination of anything organic or representational. As a graphic designer in the 70s and 80s, before computers completely revolutionized not only the way we operated but the physical space in which we worked, I was always dabbling with art of some kind and in the mid-80s briefly contemplated an alternate history in which Mondrian applied the style he is most closely associated with to a series of secret figure studies. Picking up that idea in my retirement and expanding on it, @GabbaGallery was kind enough to let me experiment with my first mural in Alley 2 of their nearby Gabba Arts District. @rbcole/
