Hi Mark,
Where did you get the catalogue? I went to the exhibition as I've
always had a thing about McCahon and wanted the cattle dog but either
there wasn't one or it had sold out.
The exhibition was extraordinary.
Jill
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 06:08 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> I just received from New Zealand the catalogue of the exhibition "Colin
> McCahon: A Question of Faith," which I saw in Melbourne. I don't
> know if
> it's still there; according to the catalogue its next, and last, stop
> will
> be Sydney, and no one who has the opportunity should miss it. One of
> the
> great art shows of a lifetime of seeing great art, and an astonishing
> surprise: McCahon is close to unknown in the US.
>
> Wystan Curnow, who I think is a list member, may have something to
> say--he
> apparently knew McCahon (whoi died in 1987) and had something to do
> with
> this retrospective.
>
> Of the catalogue: there's an 80 page (double column) annotated
> chronology,
> which functions as a critical biography. I haven't read the essays
> yet. The
> illustrations convey better than most catalogues what the exhibit feels
> like, despite the disparity in scale--many of the paintings are
> enormous,
> but their elements tend to be simple. The catalogue brought back the
> fullness of my emotional experience at the gallery.
>
> Mark
>
>
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