tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post6259554025133431647..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: 'Australia' Exhibition at the Royal Academy - reviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-58167986718734122402013-10-04T12:00:10.410+00:002013-10-04T12:00:10.410+00:00Thanks Wendy - I had been wondering what the Austr...Thanks Wendy - I had been wondering what the Australian fraternity thought of the exhibition!<br /><br />Good also to hear about the other retrospective.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-59580297967484061052013-10-04T10:23:09.954+00:002013-10-04T10:23:09.954+00:00Thank you for your interesting review of this exhi...Thank you for your interesting review of this exhibition. As an interested Australian, familar with some but not all of the artists/works, it was good to read your comments. <br /><br />This is a huge exhibition, and what a job to try to give an overview of the whole history of Australian art! I'm going back again....and again.<br /><br />You mention the two other surveys of Australian art, and I would like to mention the 'official' one at Tate in 1963, that also tried to give a similar overview, and caused some upset amongst artist in particular, that you did not mention. You are right about Bryan Robinson's show at the Whitechapel, but there was another 'unofficial' show that needs bringing to the fore, and that is a 1963 Australian Painting and Sculpture in Europe today, curated by Alannah Coleman. Amazingly this was a comprehensive overview of all those Australians working in Europe (mainly London) at that time. Part of the reason it was never given the attention it deserved was because it was shown in Folkstone before touring in West Germany. <br /><br />Keep up the good workWendy1947https://www.blogger.com/profile/13074707491800044386noreply@blogger.com