Reflections in a Mirror
NTIL we get television, art is likely to remain one of the least discussable things on the air; and it would seem at first as if the absence of "exhibits" would be an insuperable difficulty. The series by Eric Westbrook, Mirror ot the Age, now being heard from 1YC, is an interesting demonstration of how, in skilled hands, the difficulty ean be overcome. Twentieth-cen-tury art is discussed in ten-year sections, manageable but not over-rigid. Examples chosen are easily graspable, supplemented by quotations and a sparing use of anecdote. And while the discussion remains on general lines, it is kept concrete by lucid analysis-as in the account of the phases of cubism, or in the distinction between dadaist anarchy and surrealist creativity. Not the least interesting feature of the talks has been that they place British painting in proper perspective, adopting a typical policy of compromise, not free from "the bane of good taste," but producing a few figures of striking originality, notably Wyndham Lewis. As the title suggests, art is not treated as an isolated activity, and the series becomes in effect a sketch of the cultural history of our time.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 732, 24 July 1953, Page 10
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195Reflections in a Mirror New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 732, 24 July 1953, Page 10
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