Sale Price:
A$4,000.00
Original Price:
A$8,000.00
Artist: George Allan
Title: Matrix
Series: Second Series — Matrix
Drawing date: 2007–2012
Edition: Signed and numbered limited edition
Medium: Archival giclée fine-art reproduction on 100% cotton 380 gsm textured canvas with high-quality gesso coating, printed with archival pigment inks and finished with four coats of art varnish
Overall canvas size: Approximately 227 × 150 cm, including additional canvas wrap margins
Visible image area: Approximately 218 × 141 cm
Orientation: Landscape
Presentation: Supplied unframed and rolled, with additional canvas surrounding the image for professional stretching and wrapping
Availability: One rolled Art Display Stock Fine Art Limited Edition
Regular price: AUD $8,000
Sale price: AUD $4,000 (50% OFF)
Matrix is the central architectural work of the Enigmatic Drawings trilogy, developed between 2007 and 2012. It extends the visual language established in Genesis into a much larger system of embodiment, polarity, information, coding, geometry and planetary structure.
At the centre of the composition is a dominant vertical helical column that functions as the structural spine of the work. It can be read visually as DNA-like, spinal, energetic and axial at the same time, linking the upper source field with the lower planetary field. On either side, male and female figures face inward toward the central structure, creating a strong bilateral relationship around the main axis.
The surrounding architecture is extraordinarily dense. Chambers, cylindrical forms, grids, triangular divisions, script-bearing panels, medallions and repeated geometric structures create the impression of a complete coded environment rather than a conventional figurative composition.
At the upper centre is a diamond-shaped creation field containing an atomic or singularity-like form, while Earth anchors the composition at the lower edge within a broader planetary structure.
The drawing is also notable for its perceptual ambiguity. Certain cylindrical and vortical structures can appear to rotate, reverse, project forward or recede depending on how they are viewed, making perception itself part of the experience of the work.
At approximately 218 × 141 cm of visible image area, this extra-large edition gives Matrix substantial physical presence. Its scale allows the central figures, helical structure and principal architectural elements to remain immediately legible while revealing the much finer script, layered geometries and repeated internal systems at closer range.
The complete canvas supplied measures approximately 227 × 150 cm overall. This includes additional canvas surrounding the approximately 218 × 141 cm visible image area, providing the necessary margin for professional stretching and wrapping around stretcher bars.
The artwork is supplied unframed and rolled, making this large-format edition substantially easier to transport within Australia and internationally. It can be professionally stretched and framed locally according to the purchaser’s preferred presentation.
This artwork forms part of the Enigmatic Drawings Art Display Stock Sale collection.
Photography note: Product images may include clean reproductions of Matrix together with photographs of framed examples shown in situ. Any framed installation photographs are provided to demonstrate the scale and presentation possibilities of the artwork only. The artwork offered here is supplied unframed and rolled. Ambient lighting, reflections and viewing angle may affect apparent colour and contrast in installation photographs. The physical canvas contains substantially finer detail than can be reproduced on screen.
Artist: George Allan
Title: Matrix
Series: Second Series — Matrix
Drawing date: 2007–2012
Edition: Signed and numbered limited edition
Medium: Archival giclée fine-art reproduction on 100% cotton 380 gsm textured canvas with high-quality gesso coating, printed with archival pigment inks and finished with four coats of art varnish
Overall canvas size: Approximately 227 × 150 cm, including additional canvas wrap margins
Visible image area: Approximately 218 × 141 cm
Orientation: Landscape
Presentation: Supplied unframed and rolled, with additional canvas surrounding the image for professional stretching and wrapping
Availability: One rolled Art Display Stock Fine Art Limited Edition
Regular price: AUD $8,000
Sale price: AUD $4,000 (50% OFF)
Matrix is the central architectural work of the Enigmatic Drawings trilogy, developed between 2007 and 2012. It extends the visual language established in Genesis into a much larger system of embodiment, polarity, information, coding, geometry and planetary structure.
At the centre of the composition is a dominant vertical helical column that functions as the structural spine of the work. It can be read visually as DNA-like, spinal, energetic and axial at the same time, linking the upper source field with the lower planetary field. On either side, male and female figures face inward toward the central structure, creating a strong bilateral relationship around the main axis.
The surrounding architecture is extraordinarily dense. Chambers, cylindrical forms, grids, triangular divisions, script-bearing panels, medallions and repeated geometric structures create the impression of a complete coded environment rather than a conventional figurative composition.
At the upper centre is a diamond-shaped creation field containing an atomic or singularity-like form, while Earth anchors the composition at the lower edge within a broader planetary structure.
The drawing is also notable for its perceptual ambiguity. Certain cylindrical and vortical structures can appear to rotate, reverse, project forward or recede depending on how they are viewed, making perception itself part of the experience of the work.
At approximately 218 × 141 cm of visible image area, this extra-large edition gives Matrix substantial physical presence. Its scale allows the central figures, helical structure and principal architectural elements to remain immediately legible while revealing the much finer script, layered geometries and repeated internal systems at closer range.
The complete canvas supplied measures approximately 227 × 150 cm overall. This includes additional canvas surrounding the approximately 218 × 141 cm visible image area, providing the necessary margin for professional stretching and wrapping around stretcher bars.
The artwork is supplied unframed and rolled, making this large-format edition substantially easier to transport within Australia and internationally. It can be professionally stretched and framed locally according to the purchaser’s preferred presentation.
This artwork forms part of the Enigmatic Drawings Art Display Stock Sale collection.
Photography note: Product images may include clean reproductions of Matrix together with photographs of framed examples shown in situ. Any framed installation photographs are provided to demonstrate the scale and presentation possibilities of the artwork only. The artwork offered here is supplied unframed and rolled. Ambient lighting, reflections and viewing angle may affect apparent colour and contrast in installation photographs. The physical canvas contains substantially finer detail than can be reproduced on screen.
