1. A little twitter essay on the Alex Colville exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario. http://www.ago.net/alex-colville
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2. I thought the Colville show was overwhelming in a good way. Really gave sense of a large, productive, tenaciously pursued artistic career
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3. So I was puzzled by some of the critical reaction to show, which to my mind seems grudging & ungenerous, i.e., http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/icon-overload/article20171196/ …
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4. Complaint show is exhausting seems to miss point: when important artist dies, it's a natural impulse to step back & survey career.
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5. Will be plenty of time in future for more focused shows giving us an argument about Colville. Right now, what we want is to see the work
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6. So, for those not familiar with him, here is a Colville: http://www.ago.net/assets/images/555/E-00722-Dog-and-Priest-660.jpg …
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7. Another Colville: http://www.ago.net/assets/images/555/E-00734-Target-Pistol-and-Man-660.jpg …
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8. Another Colville: http://www.ago.net/assets/images/555/Colville-Horse-and-Train-660.jpg …
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9. Another Colville: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6D80EKV5hPg/T8eixIeiLnI/AAAAAAAADaY/Z8JAlf14j-U/s640/To_prince_edward_island.jpg … which inspired this Wes Anderson shot in Moonrise Kingdom: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rLHNejjtKc8/T8eiN_XcCwI/AAAAAAAADaQ/ArqC5Gw1mhk/s640/6700145069_dcd208a024_z.jpg …
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10. Here's deal with Colville: he pursued his style disquieting, subtly unnerving photo-sheened painting in heyday of abstract expressionism
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11. Colville was painting against the Clement Greenberg orthodoxy which saw narrative & representation as outmoded & superfluous
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12. Spending time with Colville's work, you realize that how absolutely nuts it is to think narrative & representation are outdated
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13. Narrative isn't a historical convention that can be thrown aside. Narrative is a fundamental function of the human mind.
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