Variation on the Form of an Anchor

Tristam Hillier

Variation on the Form of an Anchor

1939

Tristam Hillier's piece called 'Variations on the Form of an Anchor' was one of the main inspiring pieces for one of the abstract works i did during my years in College. This piece of work has a lot of 'perspectives and unexpected juxtapositions evoked a mysterious world' (Tate online, 2010). It's just full of different swirling abstract shapes connected together making this piece very surrealistic. This is what i really love the most about this piece. Later on i used these shapes in my work, including different variations of colors and even more shapes. The only thing that does not really please my eye are the colours, as they are not bright and quiet dark, even scary. I'm not saying that the colors are picked badly, its exact the opposite they are matched well and they create this scene of this one massive object standing in the middle of a beach, lonely and mysteriously. This probably couldn’t be achieved using brightly colors so i’ve got to live with it.

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Image location: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T03/T03865_9.jpg

Tate Online, 2010, Variation on the Form of an Anchor display caption, [online], avalible at: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hillier-variation-on-the-form-of-an-anchor-t03865 (accessed at 07/11/1012)