TARNISH 1 Dean Crozier’s geometric abstract painting uses shimmering metallics to reflect on the fading role of physical money—an ideal contemporary Australian artwork for modern art collectors.

TARNISH 1 Bold black lines intersect and divide a crisp white ground in this geometric abstract artwork by Australian artist Dean Crozier. Metallic paints—gold, silver, bronze and copper—fill the spaces carved out by the linework, creating a surface that shifts and shimmers like precious metals catching the light, then dulls like tarnish as the angle changes. This dynamic play of sheen and shadow underscores the work’s central theme: the diminishing presence of physical coinage in a society rapidly embracing intangible currency, and the cultural risk embedded in that transition. Painted in a refined variation of one of the artist’s signature styles and presented in a black floating frame, the piece offers both visual richness and a pointed contemporary reflection.