Julian Hooper
Twenty-nine
Artwork Detail
Twenty-nine
"This is the first of several number portraits I have made. It is both silly and sophisticated, and plays with representation on different levels. There is something very objective about constructing a portrait using numbers, but it is intuitive as well. It is interesting that mathematical symbols can be arranged to portray not just a figure, but personality and demeanor as well. We tend to think of numbers and faces as very different things, but numbers are also very human. They are one of the ways in which we understand the world."
Julian Hooper to Ron Brownson, 30 October 2019
- Title
- Twenty-nine
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 2017
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 380 x 310 mm
- Credit line
- Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2017
- Accession no
- C2017/1/31/5
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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