Art in Dunedin
HAD a lively anticipatory interest in the subject of the 4ZB Citizens’ Forum discussion "How Can Dunedin’s Art ‘Gallery best Serve the Interests of Art in thé Community?" Our Art Gallery has always seemed to me to contain, like the curate’s egg, a minimum of really good spots, together with a lot of undistinguished work which doesn’t deserve to be exhibited in a public place at all. Speaking from the viewpoint of a mere amateur dauber I’m not willing to reyive an old controversy by saying which pictures come under the heading of "good" and which "bad." But from the same viewpoint I couldn’t but help being interested in the opinions of the dis-cussion-group. For once, it seemed, we had speakers at almost complete
variance on certain aspects of the topic -one who stoutly defended the Gallery as it is at present, while another, we gathered, would willingly have scrapped the whole thing and started again. But the opinions of the speakers on art in general were wisely not allowed to develop into an argument. Modern Art v. Old -Maiters is about as profitable a subject of controversy, and leads to as futile ‘a conclusion, as Classical Music v. Jazz.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 481, 10 September 1948, Page 12
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203Art in Dunedin New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 481, 10 September 1948, Page 12
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