COLIN McCAHON'S PICTURES
Sir,-I read the article on the paintings of Colin McCahon with interest, because I have been well acquainted with the artist and his pictures for some years. "J.C.B." must be an authority of deep and profound knowledge of art, for many of the merits which he finds in these paintings are beyond my humble understanding. I admit freely that they are "experimental" and "strong’-if that is a necessary implication of merit. But would "J.C.B." éxplain first-what "influences have been permeated with McCahon," second -what evidence of an "individual mind" is to be seen in paintings that remind me strongly of the work of several modern artists familiar for years in reproductions and books, and thirdwhy the "architecture" of a picture should be the better for the rafters showing through its surface. But I am even more interested in the inference contained in "too numerous annual shows." Would "J.C.B." desire to extinguish some of the art societies to reduce the number of exhibitions? They can scarcely have less than one annual show’a year. The prevalence of such written comment has become increasingly disturbing. It cannot be ignored _ always.
ARTIST
(Dunedin).
(Abridged.
-Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 458, 2 April 1948, Page 16
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194COLIN McCAHON'S PICTURES New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 458, 2 April 1948, Page 16
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