Editorial April 3, 1978 ISSUE

The new perception of reality

Geoffrey J. Barratt

A gallery with a retrospective exhibition of work by an artist who has been very influential for twenty years.... We'd read about the show, and walked in. The paintings turned upside down many traditional notions of art. Yes, very modern, I thought. Why "modern"?

From my own question I realized how much "modern" suggests challenge to old values and world views. Many new perceptions have emerged in the past century. They have stimulated and colored politics, the arts, religion, natural sciences, and more.

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