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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 24, No. 14. 1961.

Lack of Originality

Lack of Originality

Other paintings I found disappointing. Granted, many of the painters were very young and still yet experimenting with widely differing styles—my chief criticism is, there was no great originality displayed. A few of the paintings hardly deserved serious consideration. Are we to accept as Art, canvases consisting of a flat surface of dirty daubings? Some of those hung were but little more. What purpose are they supposed to fulfil? What justification is there for their existence? They are neither useful nor decorative; there is no aesthetic beauty here; they have nothing to say. Neither colour nor form is any justification for this effort.

Afterthought—in the painting sphere only the two Fine Arts Schools were represented. What happened to the student artists in other centres? It would have been gratifying to see some independent contributions.

—M.B.