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Art

Paths to Abstraction 1867–1917 edited by Terence Maloon

by Daniel Thomas
November 2010, no. 326

Paths to Abstraction 1867–1917 by Terence Maloon

Art Gallery of New South Wales, $60 pb, 296 pp

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The Mondrians in Paths to Abstraction 1867–1917, Terence Maloon’s beautiful, refined exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from June to September this year, and the Gauguins in Ron Radford’s more spectacular Masterpieces from Paris that closed at the National Gallery in April, were drawcards. We last saw a group of Mondrians in 1961; Gauguin had never been properly seen in Australia. The exhibitions and the related books together amounted to a superb and very up-to-date two-part lesson in the history of modernism.

 


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Paths to Abstraction 1867–1917 by Terence Maloon

Art Gallery of New South Wales, $60 pb, 296 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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