Transforming the “unimaginative and literal” into an art for the nation: writing and exhibiting New Zealand’s art history in the twentieth century

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Transforming the “unimaginative and literal” into an art for the nation: writing and exhibiting New Zealand’s art history in the twentieth century

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This article analyses three cultural events associated with the opening exhibitions of New Zealand’s National Art Gallery in 1936 and the centennial celebrations of 1940: the Loan Exhibition of New Zealand Art, 1936; the National Centennial Exhibition of New Zealand Art curated by Alexander Hare McLintock, 1940-1 and Eric Hall McCormick’s publication Letters and Art in New Zealand (1940) to evaluate how New Zealand art was put to use in the construction of a national history of New Zealand ar...

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2012-12-01

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Rebecca Rice

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Journal of Art Historiography

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http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/rice.pdf

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New Zealand Art History / retrospective exhibitions / colonial art / national art gallery / Arts in general / Anthropology

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