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Lot Essay
Pasmore chose to include the present work as the last exhibit in his 1965 retrospective at the Tate Gallery, the same year as the construction of the work.
Ronald Alley discusses Abstraction in white and black (projective relief construction) (1965; Collection of the artist) in the 1980 Arts Council exhibition catalogue, 'By using a transparent plastic plane the tonal range is increased. The square transparent plane is centrally placed. Asymmetrically balanced orthogonal elements rise through it and above it. Between the orthogonal elements slant black lines, flowing in from the frame and running under and over the transparent plane, like pedestrian routes at Peterlee cutting between blocks of houses. At Newcastle Pasmore discussed with Richard Hamilton, a colleague, the Surrealists' method of creating a feeling of surprise by bringing together disparate objects. He has connected the contrast of forms seen in this relief with these discussions'.
Ronald Alley discusses Abstraction in white and black (projective relief construction) (1965; Collection of the artist) in the 1980 Arts Council exhibition catalogue, 'By using a transparent plastic plane the tonal range is increased. The square transparent plane is centrally placed. Asymmetrically balanced orthogonal elements rise through it and above it. Between the orthogonal elements slant black lines, flowing in from the frame and running under and over the transparent plane, like pedestrian routes at Peterlee cutting between blocks of houses. At Newcastle Pasmore discussed with Richard Hamilton, a colleague, the Surrealists' method of creating a feeling of surprise by bringing together disparate objects. He has connected the contrast of forms seen in this relief with these discussions'.