Don Driver

McKechnie Brothers Mural

McKechnie Brothers Mural by Don Driver

Artwork Detail

This large assemblage was originally housed in the McKechnie Brothers office foyer in Bell Block, Taranaki, where much of the surface metal came from. Its metal offcuts and cross-sections

are divided into geometric sections with a strong emphasis on colour and material quality. After 1965, Don Driver explored the basic language of abstraction in his painted and collaged ‘reliefs’, which then moved further into incorporating found objects, textures and colour. Despite its landscape format, this work offers a shiny face to the new technology society of the late 1960s.

Title
McKechnie Brothers Mural
Artist/creator
Don Driver
Production date
1967
Medium
brass, copper, aluminium
Dimensions
1600 x 3500 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Phillip Clemow, 2003
Accession no
2003/36
Other ID
L1995/42 Old Accession Number
Copyright
Copying restrictions apply
Department
New Zealand Art
Display status
Not on display

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