The journey from field to fieldwork 1968 - 2003
'The Field' exhibition which opened the National Gallery of Victoria in its JL St Kilda Road location in 1968 has become a legend. It was brilliantly installed in the then new spaces, with sculpture in the open Murdoch courtyard and the paintings hung on silver walls. The work was for the most part by artists exhibiting at Pinacotheca and Gallery A in Melbourne, and Central Street in Sydney. It made no claim to be representative of Australian art at the time. It showed one coherent current direction: geometric abstract painting and sculpture. It was understood that 'The Field' took a stance against the overt Australian content of an older generation of artists. It was a manifesto for the international against the national. It was both a beginning point and an end point; its success and cohesion made it virtually impossible to continue
Article, 2003