Tony Fomison
The Hand (Study of a hand)
Artwork Detail
This image is both a gesture of protest and a homage to forensic photography. It is both a waved greeting and a gesture of warning. By using equivocal gestures, Fomison creates paintings that expose different psychological states. This is a hand that gesticulates in defiance, while surrendering itself to something that is stronger.
‘I am very committed to painting and therefore, very prejudiced! I believe that vision is everything, but that despite the large population today, its is probably as rare as ever. And I don’t mean optical vision, I mean the narrated, imagined vision of the visionary.’ Tony Fomison (Self and Other, 2003)
- Title
- The Hand (Study of a hand)
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1970
- Medium
- oil on hessian on board
- Dimensions
- 840 x 580 mm
- Inscription
- A. Fomison 10-30. 12.70 (l.l.). Study of hand on p384 of "Roxburth's Common Skin Diseases" 12 edition 1961 (upper edge).
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1982
- Accession no
- 1982/33
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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