Ron Left b. 1948
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Ron LeftEscalator 1, 2017Acrylic & digital photograph on aluminium40 x 72 cm -
Ron LeftEscalator 2, 2017Acrylic & digital photograph on aluminium composite40 x 72 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 1, 2020Acrylic on plywood120 x 60 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 12, 2020Acrylic on canvas76 x 76 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 14, 2021Acrylic on plywood120 x 180 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 16, 2021Acrylic on plywood
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 2, 2020Acrylic on plywood120 x 60 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 4, 2020Acrylic on plywood93.7 x 63.7 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 5, 2020Acrylic on plywood95 x 65 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 8, 2020Acrylic on plywood120 x 79.7 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No.21, 2021Acrylic on plywood70 x 70 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No.4Acrylic on plywood70 x 70 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No.6, 2020Acrylic on plywood95 x 65 cm
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Ron LeftWater Shadow Series - Sun Glimpse, 2019Digital photograph & acrylic on aluminium composite45 x 80 cm
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Ron LeftWater Shadow Series VIII, 2019Digital photograph & acrylic on aluminium composite45 x 80 cm
After many years of involvement in Art and Design at AUT, and completing a PhD in 2016, Ron Left has returned to full-time painting.
Following a succession of exhibitions at Petar James Gallery, Gallery Data and Artis Gallery in the 1970s and 80s, he focussed on collaborative and group shows in NZ and Australia. These recent works explore new ways of re-inventing abstraction, including the use of photographic images. Ron has recently built a large studio and workshop overlooking the Manukau Harbour.
“Photographic and painting processes are not merely juxtaposed but develop a dynamic between the two (and between image and surface) so that they start to define and re-define each other.The photographic image begins to look like drawing or painting, and the abstract surfaces and surface marks and visual noise are intimately connected to an actual presence. The photographic image becomes gestural and abstract and there is a flow between these disciplines” –Ron Left
