Art review
“Jettison” suggests the offloading of everyday common things such as clocks, time, envelopes, shoes, scissors, cups and saucers — perhaps to capture again the romance of past myths and lessons. The face in “Venetian Red” could be that of a Black Death survivor, and the “Guardian Red” figure is a model of defensive virtue. Madill, an Auckland printmaker, has a reputation for consistent work. It is a deserved one. Her lithographs and mezzotints make good use of dense blacks, tonal variety and colour simplicities. In a modest, understated way the works emphasise the impact that isolated images, when taken from a child-adult world, can have.
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Press, 24 August 1988, Page 25
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