“Primitive” Art
Sir,—l am interested in your art critic’s remarks regarding the group show at the Durham Street Art Gallery. I can distinguish between traditional and abstract art but this new expression, “primitive," applied to one exhibitor, has interested me. Could your critic explain in simple language how this art differs from the usual presentation?—Yours, etc., LAYMAN. June 29, 1964. [P.B.Y. replies: “Peter and Linda Murray, in their ‘Die tionary of Art and Artists,’ define primitive as *. . amateur and other bungling painters ... in whom technical ignorance and unsophisticated vision are accounted virtues. ..
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30481, 1 July 1964, Page 14
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