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Grace Crowley & Ralph Balson

A rare exhibition in need of a catalogue
National Gallery of Victoria
by
ABR Arts 15 July 2024

Grace Crowley & Ralph Balson

A rare exhibition in need of a catalogue
National Gallery of Victoria
by
ABR Arts 15 July 2024
Ralph Balson, Painting 1954, oil on composition board, National Gallery of Victoria, The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004 (courtesy of National Gallery of Victoria)
Ralph Balson, Painting 1954, oil on composition board, National Gallery of Victoria, The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004 (courtesy of National Gallery of Victoria)

Grace Crowley & Ralph Balson may well get lost in the promotion of other exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria, but it is one not to be missed. Charting Crowley and Balson’s artistic journeys from the 1930s to the 1960s and their shared commitment to abstraction, it is an elegant, beautiful show that affords the rare opportunity to experience their work in depth. Beginning with the magical pairing of Crowley’s Abstract Painting, 1947 and Balson’s Constructive Painting, c.1948, the exhibition achieves a carefully balanced display of the two artist’s work despite the fact that Crowley’s surviving oeuvre comprises a relatively small number of works.