No. 8 Wire
Maker
Brown, Nigel
Production date
2010
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
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Object detail
About this object
No. 8 Wire features one of the most prevalent recurring icons in Nigel Brown's artworks: the man in the black singlet. Set in his supposedly idyllic rural environment, he acts as a symbol of New Zealand's male identity. The vivid image and surrounding text convey a sense of nostalgia for that identity, which was built on practical ingenuity and the simple life spent working the land.
Maker
Production date
2010
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Acrylic on black arches
Measurements
Height x Width: 1124 x 767mm
Signature/Inscription
No. 8 WIRE NIGEL BROWN 2010, Signature
Classification terms
Current rights
Credit line
gifted by the MTG Foundation. Reproduced courtesy of Nigel Brown and Sue McLaughlin.
Other number(s)
2019/11, 96021
Accession number
2019/11
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