Mark -
This is a very lively and engaging read! I quite like the
highly-personal angle - "This is how it struck me on the evening, but
then I was half-pissed" - the advantage of this approach being that it
avoids the "I'm very knowledgeable about art and therefore you've got to
respect my opinions" stance, which is exactly what you're calling into
question with regard to the galleries - "This art must be important and
canonical, because we've put it in our gallery".
Interesting point, too, about Matisse's /The Cowboy/ being almost
contemporary with Francis Bacon's /Three Studies for Figures at the Base
of a Crucifixion/ - you're right, it's quite difficult to think of them
as belonging to the same era.
Just one point, however - you give the dates of the Matisse exhibition,
but not the Digital Revolutions exhibition.
- Edward
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