Robert O'Rorke (b. 1945)

O'Rorke graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1969, and has had several one-man exhibitions; the most recent being at the Piers Feetham Gallery in 2016. He has also widely exhibited in many mixed shows including the International Art Fair, Los Angeles, the Royal Academy, London, the London Art Fair, Islington, the International Art Fair, Salzburg, the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London and the London Group.

'Untitled was painted in 1973 when contemporary art was beginning to challenge the more traditional role of painting with the emergence of new artistic forms, such as performance and conceptual art. Untitled reflects the artistic development of the period and combines various styles in one composition; the large abstract form in the lower left of the composition represents an electric drill, the pink wave pattern above suggests early computer screens and the yellow triangular shapes in the upper right of the painting are a distant echo of Minimalism'. (Robert O'Rorke, 2017).


We are very grateful to the artist for his assistance in cataloguing this work, and lot 79.