‘Hard Edge’ explores one of the most significant periods in the development of contemporary Australian sculpture, the 1960s and 1970s. In this period Australian artists began to embrace a new style of abstraction, with the most adventurous sculptors’ work tending towards the minimal style seen in New York City.
Across two foyer levels at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 13 abstract sculptures from some of the key Australian sculptors of the period are displayed, including works by Clement Meadmore, Inge King, Jock Clutterbuck, Clive Murray-White, Lenton Parr, Ron Robertson Swann, C. Elwynn Dennis and David Wilson.
National Gallery of Victoria
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
13 February to July, 2016
Melbourne
C. Elwyn Dennis, Evidence of origin, 1971, wood, lacquer, 260 x 126 x 160cm
Gift of Victor Smorgon, 1972, A13-1972
Courtesy the artist and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne