Lot 82

Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

POOL, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne, 1993

The Pool Series by David Noonan was inspired by the Penguin Pool designed by Lubetkin.
"Designed by Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton Group, and completed in 1934, The Penguin Pool at London Zoo is an icon of British modernist architecture. The Penguin Pool complex comprises a long elliptical pool with a deep glass fronted diving tank and nesting boxes around the perimeter. The design was based on 'behaviourism'; this was a popular philosophy of psychology in the 1930s that claimed that all animal behaviours were a result of external environments. The design sought to both mimic the penguin's natural habitat and provide a stimulating environment while also creating a theatrical stage on which they would display themselves to visitors." (Victoria & Albert Museum)

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