The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square
27 Apr 18 – 26 Aug 18
Ian Burn Four glass/Mirror piece, 1968
The Unpublished Essay
Modern Paint - A Timeline
The Field Revisited recreates The Field exhibition for its fifty-year anniversary. By reassembling as many of the original 74 paintings and sculptures as possible, this restaging re-examines the exhibition’s impact and significance for Australian art history and allow a new generation to experience it for themselves. Because some works included in The Field are known to have been destroyed, the NGV has commissioned a number of artists, including Normana Wight and Col Jordan, to recreate their original works for The Field Revisited.
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Missing works
Prior to the opening of The Field Revisited, the fate of sixty-two of the seventy-four works included in The Field was determined. The search for the six lost sculptures and six lost paintings has not ceased. If you have any information on the whereabouts of these works illustrated below, please contact the National Gallery of Victoria via findthefield@ngv.vic.gov.au
Women and The Field
A notable omission from The Field was women artists – only Janet Dawson, Wendy Paramor and Normana Wight were included. Five decades later, we are acutely aware of this imbalance when recreating a facsimile of the original exhibition. During The Field Revisited, there will be a display of colour field and abstract works by Australian female artists featured on Level Two at NGV Australia (Opening June 2018).