Colin McCahon, 'The Angel of the Annunciation', 1947 - Print ws range bleeding lines and muted madness

bleeding lines and muted madness

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as did the historian JC Beaglehole

so she was stoked to help create this book and encourage others to do the same

and critic whose contribution to art in New Zealand is immense

Colin McCahon, 'The Angel of the Annunciation', 1947 - Print ws range bleeding lines and muted madnessCommenting on The Groups 1947 exhibition, in which these paintings were shown, critic and poet ARD Fairburn suggested that they might pass as graffiti on the walls of some celestial lavatory. 1 Fairburns assessment was far from typical of the reception of Colin McCahons work at this time. Poet James K Baxter wrote about it enthusiastically, as did the historian JC Beaglehole. Even reviewers who found McCahons paintings challenging were prepared to