"Painting on the Move". (Reviews).

KUNSTMUSEUM, MUSEUM FUR GEGENWARTSKUNST, KUNSTHALLE, BASEL

To examine the history of painting during the past century as a whole is a daunting task, fit only for the historian or curator with kamikaze fantasies. While the definition of painting as a medium is still relatively clear--despite numerous technical innovations and self-inflicted wounds--it seems futile to speak of painting as such without isolating specific issues and practices. Successful single-medium exhibitions tend to break down their subject into bite-size morsels (e.g., Paul Schimmel and Donna De Salvo's ...

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