The Field, is regarded as a watershed event in Australian art history. The exhibition, at the height of the Swinging Sixties, showcased 74 abstract and conceptual works including colour field, geometric and hard edge paintings and abstract sculptures regarded as radical at the time.
The presentation was controversial too: geometric light fittings and foil-covered walls would not raise eyebrows now but were seen as controversial in 1968 Melbourne. The exhibition launched the careers of a generation of young Australian artists including Sydney Ball, Peter Booth, Janet Dawson and Robert Jacks.
