Exhibition17 May – 24 Jun 2006
Black Abstract
Black Abstract presents the work of renowned artists Ada Bird and Gloria Petyarre, Anmatyarr custodians who have painted the stories, symbols, patterns…
Installation image. George Johnson, 'Red Triangle'. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery, 2008.
Installation image. New Abstraction RMIT 1965-1985: Leonard Crawford, George Johnson, Grahame King. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery, 2008.
Installation image. New Abstraction RMIT 1965-1985: Leonard Crawford, George Johnson, Grahame King. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
Installation image. Leonard Crawford. New Abstraction RMIT 1965-1985. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
Installation image. New Abstraction RMIT 1965-1985: Leonard Crawford, George Johnson, Grahame King. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
Installation image. New Abstraction RMIT 1965-1985: Leonard Crawford, George Johnson, Grahame King. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
New Abstraction RMIT 1965-1985: Leonard Crawford, George Johnson, Grahame King
Crawford, Johnson and King were central to the advancement of non-objective art in Melbourne in the post-war decades.
They shared international modernists’ experimental attitudes to materials and to form and composition – with investigations of colour, shape, line, tone and texture – but their preference for abstraction over the figurative imagery favoured by many other artists ensured that there was a strong alternative in the modern art movement as it was experienced in Melbourne.
New Abstraction RMIT 1965-1985 celebrates RMIT University’s 120th anniversary by honouring these three senior artists who have made a significant contribution to RMIT, the Melbourne art community and to Australian art as a whole.
