MONTH LY LETTER

T H E
M O N T H L Y
L E T T E R
N E W S A N D V I E W S O F C L U B
A N D C L U B
14 Elm Street, Toronto
A P R I L - 1 9 5 1
MONTHLY DINNER
The Dinner held on March 31st, was attended by over 90 members and
guests who were well rewarded by the proceedings which followed the feast* These
took the form of a talk by L.A.C. Panton on "The Point of View of the Contemporary
Artist", followed by a discussion period*
The Notice of this event which had been received by members of the Club
suggested that at least some were "bewitched, bewildered and bedevilled" by Modern
Art. Alex Panton 1 s talk, which he called his "Confession of Faith", was so
clear, his exposition so lucid, that those listening might well have been bewitched
(for the time being anyway), but certainly not bewildered or bedevilled.
The speaker 1 s pungent wit frequently flashed through the serious import of his
remarks, particularly so in his answers to the questioners. Among the latter
were Norman Leach, Walter Moorhouse, Gordon Adamson, Robin Merrie, Murray Brown,
Gladstone Evans, Lacey Amy, Dr. Ned Pratt, Bill Thompson and Nick Hornyansky.
Stan Cooper when called upon to explain his picture "Intersection" did so, the
general import of his explanation appearing to be that it really represented confusion
worse confounded. If readers still do not know what this means they
should study the picture itself, which has an honored place on the walls of the
0. S. A. exhibition at the Art Gallery.
Some Kodachrome slides of pictures to illustrate Panton 1 s remarks were
projected by Jim Wardropper.
Preceding the serious business of the evening, just referred to, a
great deal of amcusement was enjoyed by the audience by what purported to be, as
announced by the chairman, an interview which had been given on the radio and
which was now being reproduced by transcription for the benefit of the Club*
The interviewer asked a number of questions of the interviewee concerning the
latter 1 s opinion of Modern Art, all of which were most suitably replied to» When
we say that the interviewer was Alan Collier and that the other party was his
14 month old son, one may easily understand the sapience of the opinions expressed.
The chairman in closing the meeting announced that the next monthly
dinner would be on Saturday, May 5th.