In memory of art historian John Golding,
whose obituary appeared (finally) in
today’s online Telegraph—
“His most recent book, Paths to the Absolute (based on
his 1997 series of AW Mellon lectures in the Fine Arts
delivered at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC),
addressed seven abstract artists — Mondrian, Kazimir
Malevich, Kandinsky, Pollock, Barnett Newman, Rothko
and Clyfford Still — and argued that abstract art was
not simply decorative but ‘heavily imbued with meaning
[and] with content’. The book won the Mitchell Prize for
the History of Art in 2002.”
Commentary on Golding’s obituary suggested by
this evening’s 4-digit New York Lottery number,
1051—
Post 1051 in this journal, together with a post from
April 1, 2012 found in a search for the digits 1051
in Log24. That search may serve as a review.
* A phrase from Gravity’s Rainbow