‘Pattern Making’ draws on the philosophy of Friedrich Froebel, who is widely renowned as ‘the inventor of kindergarten’. Echoing the theorist’s ‘gifts’ or children’s blocks, artist Madeline Kidd combines colour, shape and form to discover the abstract world, that ‘place’ which Froebel considered to be the first corollary of art and education. Through her geometric paintings, prints and structures (such as decorated mirrors and shelves), she explores the relationship between play and learning and how objects and hues form its foundation.
Madeline Kidd, Pattern making #2, 2017, acrylic on linen, 82 x 61cm. Courtesy the artist and Daine Singer, Melbourne
Daine Singer
1 November to 2 December, 2017
Melbourne
