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Who Was Albert Pinkham Ryder? |
| Section: THE ARTS / ART |
| Author: Eric Gibson |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1990 |
| Size: 1,770 Words, 9,978 Characters |
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One of the most salutary benefits and greatest riches of the frenzied program of temporary museum exhibitions that has been the norm for nearly twenty years is the number of occasions on which it has brought to the attention of the public an artist either all but forgotten or know only to a narrow circle of art world professionals - which are tantamount to being the same thing.
This is exactly what the idea of the museum exhibition is all about, of course. But in these days when Treasures of ... and From the Collection of ... shows are placing more of a premium on cultural sex appeal than enlightenment, it's been easy to forget.
Nonetheless, in recent years, the public has been the beneficiary of a number of exhibitions that have either made us see anew an artist we thought we...
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... that Ryder's Romantic inwardness has already had its influence on at least one artist of the eighties, Bill Jensen. What this suggests is that the climate may be right for a return to the kind of seriousness and dedication Ryder's career exemplifies. It would be no surprise if the current exhibition were to help bring that about. But it would be a surprise if that were its only influence.
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