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RSS FeedsThe Field Revisited: National Gallery of Victoria restages radical exhibition 50 years on
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27 april 2018 04:16:30

 
The Field Revisited: National Gallery of Victoria restages radical exhibition 50 years on
(Artdaily.org)
 


Regarded as a landmark exhibition in Australian art history, The Field was the National Gallery of Victoria’s inaugural exhibition at its new premises on St Kilda Road in 1968. With its silver foil-covered walls and geometric light fittings, this boundary-pushing exhibition was the first comprehensive display of colour field painting and abstract sculpture in Australia and opened to much controversy at the time. To commemorate the 50th anniversary in 2018, The Field Revisited recreates this exhibition for contemporary audiences at NGV Australia at Federation Square. Reassembling as many of the 74 original artworks as possible, this exhibition has been co-curated by Tony Ellwood, Director, NGV and Beckett Rozentals, Curator, Australian Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts to 1980. The Field boldly launched the careers of a generation of young


 
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