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Artworks
William Gillies RSA
Rocks and Sea, c.1935Oil on canvas64.0 x 76.5cm (support)
77.1 x 90.0cm (frame)
From the RSA CollectionThese works of the mid-1930s engaged with a core concern of Modernism: the instability and sources of meaning itself. Gillies explores how we perceive rocks and sea by breaking things...These works of the mid-1930s engaged with a core concern of Modernism: the instability and sources of meaning itself. Gillies explores how we perceive rocks and sea by breaking things down into shapes and ciphers.
