Artist: Alan Davie (Scottish, 1920–2014)
Artwork Title: Flag Walk No.5
Year: 1973
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 101cm x 76cm
Presentation: Framed
Flag Walk No.5 (1973) is a striking example of Alan Davie’s work from the early 1970s, a period in which his paintings increasingly incorporated bold, emblematic forms and a highly personal vocabulary of signs and symbols.
Set against broad fields of ochre, turquoise, blue and earthy red, the composition brings together flag-like geometric structures, looping forms, a crescent and mysterious vessel- and creature-like motifs. Davie deliberately resisted fixed interpretations of such imagery, instead treating symbols as intuitive forms capable of suggesting associations with ritual, mythology and ancient systems of communication.
The work also reflects Davie’s improvisational approach to painting. A lifelong jazz musician, he approached the canvas with a similar emphasis on spontaneity and discovery, allowing images to develop through the act of painting rather than according to a predetermined narrative.
Artist: Alan Davie (Scottish, 1920–2014)
Artwork Title: Flag Walk No.5
Year: 1973
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 101cm x 76cm
Presentation: Framed
Flag Walk No.5 (1973) is a striking example of Alan Davie’s work from the early 1970s, a period in which his paintings increasingly incorporated bold, emblematic forms and a highly personal vocabulary of signs and symbols.
Set against broad fields of ochre, turquoise, blue and earthy red, the composition brings together flag-like geometric structures, looping forms, a crescent and mysterious vessel- and creature-like motifs. Davie deliberately resisted fixed interpretations of such imagery, instead treating symbols as intuitive forms capable of suggesting associations with ritual, mythology and ancient systems of communication.
The work also reflects Davie’s improvisational approach to painting. A lifelong jazz musician, he approached the canvas with a similar emphasis on spontaneity and discovery, allowing images to develop through the act of painting rather than according to a predetermined narrative.
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