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Bright-eyed British modern

by Eric Gibson

On “Wild Thing: Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska, Gill,” at the Royal Academy.

Jacob Epstein, Torso in Metal from the The Rock Drill (1913-14) © The estate of Sir Jacob Epstein  

 

Every now and again an exhibition comes along that not only puts great works of art on view and deepens one’s understanding of the subject under review but also upends or substantially revises the received wisdom surrounding that subject. “Wild Thing: Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska, Gill” at the Royal Academy in London is just such an exhibition.[1] Organized by the British art historian and c ...

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Eric Gibson is the Leisure & Arts Features Editor of The Wall Street Journal.


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This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 28 December 2009, on page 18

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