Review

Flow Line: Abstraction from the CMAG collection should not be missed

By Sasha Grishin
Updated October 20 2020 - 2:55pm, first published October 12 2020 - 10:19am
 Vivienne Binns, Fifth translation of nylon mat, 2006. Picture: CMAG collection
Vivienne Binns, Fifth translation of nylon mat, 2006. Picture: CMAG collection

Various artists: Flow Line: Abstraction from the CMAG collection. Canberra Museum and Gallery. Until November 7, 2020.

Since the early 1900s, abstract art has been a mainstream development in modern art. Its central premise is that art should not seek an accurate representation of a visual reality, but should create an alternative reality based on colours, shapes, lines, forms and gestural marks. Early in the 20th century it faced stiff opposition, especially in countries like Australia, but after World War II its triumph was complete and that art that did not follow its strictures was frequently demonised in the 1960s and 1970s.

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