 Event |
Second Nature
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| Venue |
The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
The Festival of Sydney 1986 |
| First Date |
21 January 1986 |
| Last Date |
9 February 1986 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Exhibition of abstract landscape painting.
Excerpts from exhibition catalogue by John McDonald: "Landscape painting has always been more than the simple recording of picturesque scenes. Even before the invention of the camera, landscapes had a consistently symbolical dimension [...]. Roger Crawford's explorations of landscape painting in 'Second Nature' [...] do not spring from direct observation. He has appropriated basic hieroglyphs of the landscape such as peaks, ravines and rushing waterfalls, and arranged them in these compositions by means of a purely personal logic. [...] When we s |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Other
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| Secondary Genre |
Exhibition
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Performance Space Database |
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| Event Identifier |
143870 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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