# Minor (triptych)
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{{Short description|Postmodern painting by Luise Fong}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}{{Infobox artwork
| title = Minor
| other_title_1 = Minor (triptych)
| artist = [Luise Fong](/source/Luise_Fong)
| year = 1994
| medium = Ink, acrylic and gouache on wooden doors
| dimensions = 206 cm x 204 cm (102.75 in x 80.3 in)
| city = Auckland
| owner = The [Fletcher Trust](/source/Fletcher_Trust)
| website = https://fletchercollection.org.nz/artworks/minor-triptych/
}}
'''''Minor''''' is an [postmodern painting](/source/Painting) by a [Malaysian](/source/Malaysia) born New Zealand artist [Luise Fong](/source/Luise_Fong) that won the Premier Award at the [Visa Gold Art Award](/source/Visa_Gold_Art_Award) in 1994.
== History ==
Visa Gold Art Award were held at the City Gallery Wellington, from 13 August to 5 September 1994.[{{Cite web |title=Minor (triptych) |url=https://fletchercollection.org.nz/artworks/minor-triptych/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=[The Fletcher Trust Collection](/source/The_Fletcher_Trust_Collection) |language=en}}] The awards was the biggest art prize in New Zealand at the time. 1994 was the only year where there were two winners of the Premier Award, Fong was joint-winners of the Premier Award with [Bill Hammond](/source/Bill_Hammond).[{{Cite web |title=Visa Gold Art Awards |url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/visa-gold-art-awards |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz}}]
== Description ==
This triptych is representative of her artistic practice, exploring delicate surfaces that may stem from her background as a textile designer. During this period, Fong created her paintings on doors, giving them a relatable scale in relation to the human body. The [doors](/source/Door) are adorned with blots, stains, and holes, creating a dynamic visual experience that never allows the viewer's eye to rest. These elements contribute to a distinctive fluidity in her work, which is intentionally perceived as feminine, especially in contrast to the hard-edge abstraction often associated with her male predecessors. The musical title reinforces the emotional response elicited from the viewer.[{{Cite book |last=Gregory |first=Burke |title=Cultural Safety: Contemporary Art from New Zealand |publisher=Erste Auflage |year=1995 |isbn=0-908818-30-0 |location=Germany |pages=51}}]
Fong and Bill Hammond can be seen posing together in a photograph in [The Press](/source/The_Press) newspaper about the Visa Gold Art Awards.[{{Cite news |date=1994-08-24 |title=Hammond and Fong share art award |url=https://collections.library.auckland.ac.nz/inzart/item/532051 |work=The Press |location=Christchurch}}] Fong and ''Minor'' can be seen in [The Dominion](/source/The_Dominion_(Wellington)) newspaper.[{{Cite news |date=1994-08-13 |title=Art on show |url=https://collections.library.auckland.ac.nz/inzart/item/530986 |work=The Dominion |location=Wellington}}]
The painting was also part of the exhibition ''Cultural Safety: Contemporary Art from New Zealand'', in [Frankfurter Kunstverein](/source/Frankfurter_Kunstverein) in Germany (1995), and [City Gallery Wellington](/source/City_Gallery_Wellington) in New Zealand (1995–1996).