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The Ground Around – Vilma Gold

by Alex Field
Waseem Ahmed, Prunella Clough, Morris Cox, Norman Dilworth, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Saul Fletcher, Isa Genzken, Ull Hohn, Jochen Klein, Paul Nash, Manfred Pernice, Dan Peterman, Carol Rhodes, Wolfgang Tillmans at Vilma Gold June 6th, 2010 - July 11th, 2010
Posted 6/20/10

Art’s depiction of the earth has come a long way from the glorifying landscapes of Turner and Constable. Landscape painting as a genre continues, and may well always retain its niche over the conservative mantelpiece, but the ways in which artists choose to represent the awesome power of the earth over its inhabitants, and indeed humanity’s attempts to master its surroundings, have branched out far beyond the picturesque watercolour. Vilma Gold’s The Ground Around brings togeth... [more]