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September 24, 2007

The Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now at the National Gallery of Victoria indicates that Pop Art consists of more then just Campbell Soup cans and comic strips. We have this kind of work that is very reminiscent of the walls of some of Melbourne's lanes.

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Robert Rauschenberg, Combine 1954–1964

It is very recognizable popular imagery. A pictorial surface that is not a window on the world, but one lets the world in again.

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Gary Sauer-Thompson, Hosier Lane, Melbourne, 2007

I had a sense of deja vu when I saw the Guggenheim's Rauschenbergs in the National Gallery of Victoria ---I had spent several hours looking at imagery similar like this when walking in Melbourne's laneways.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 08:24 AM | | Comments (0)
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