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John Pearson, Robert Klippel in his Potts Point workshop from the Robert Klippel archive, 12 April 1957, gelatin silver photograph, 15.3 x 22.7 cm, National Art Archive, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Gift of Andrew Klippel 2017, © Robert Klippel Estate © John Pearson. Photo: AGNSW

Assembled: The Art of Robert Klippel
  • Victoria Perin


8 Feb 2020
⬤ Tarrawarra Museum of Art 23 Nov 2019 - 16 Feb 2020

Robert Klippel isn’t my genius. Despite knowing that his insights don’t move me, I enjoy being in his world, in which the logic of the hand is trusted tenfold more than the logic of the head.

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Victoria is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. Her research concerns printmaking in Melbourne during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. In 2013, she was the Gordon Darling Intern in the Australian Prints and Drawings Department at the National Gallery of Australia.

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