Yellow Curve

The Tate Gallery, London (the UK).

Canvas, oil.

Despite the strict shape, the “Yellow Curve” is not a regular geometric figure. This painting in intense canary colours has a completely irregular shape, as it has neither straight lines nor right angles. In the 1990s, Kelly created a series of “curves”, which are large-scale compositions, stretched up and having one curved side. Unlike identical works of the 70s, the artist does not depict these forms on canvas but makes them separate figures similar to sculpture.