Identity, Community and Australian Artists, 1890-1914
Identity, Community and Australian Artists, 1890-1914

Author: Kate R. Robertson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2019-09-19

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1501332856

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An irresistible call lured Australian artists abroad between 1890 and 1914, a transitional period immediately pre- and post-federation. Travelling enabled an extension of artistic frontiers, and Paris – the centre of art – and London – the heart of the Empire – promised wondrous opportunities. These expatriate artists formed communities based on their common bond to Australia, enacting their Australian-ness in private and public settings. Yet, they also interacted with the broader creative community, fashioning a network of social and professional relationships. They joined ateliers in Paris such as the Académie Julian, clubs like the Chelsea Arts Club in London and visited artist colonies including St Ives in England and Étaples in France. Australian artists persistently sought a sense of belonging, negotiating their identity through activities such as plays, balls, tableaux, parties, dressing-up and, of course, the creation of art. While individual biographies are integral to this study, it is through exploring the connections between them that it offers new insights. Through utilising extensive archival material, much of which has limited or no publication history, this book fills a gap in existing scholarship. It offers a vital exploration re-consideration of the fluidity of identity, place and belonging in the lives and work of Australian artists in this juncture in British-Australian history.

A Companion to Australian Art
A Companion to Australian Art

Author: Christopher Allen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 1118767950

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A Companion to Australian Art A Companion to Australian Art is a thorough introduction to the art produced in Australia from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 to the early 21st century. Beginning with the colonial art made by Australia’s first European settlers, this volume presents a collection of clear and accessible essays by established art historians and emerging scholars alike. Engaging, clearly-written chapters provide fresh insights into the principal Australian art movements, considered from a variety of chronological, regional and thematic perspectives. The text seeks to provide a balanced account of historical events to help readers discover the art of Australia on their own terms and draw their own conclusions. The book begins by surveying the historiography of Australian art and exploring the history of art museums in Australia. The following chapters discuss art forms such as photography, sculpture, portraiture and landscape painting, examining the practice of art in the separate colonies before Federation, and in the Commonwealth from the early 20th century to the present day. This authoritative volume covers the last 250 years of art in Australia, including the Early Colonial, High Colonial and Federation periods as well as the successive Modernist styles of the 20th century, and considers how traditional Aboriginal art has adapted and changed over the last fifty years. The Companion to Australian Art is a valuable resource for both undergraduate and graduate students of the history of Australian artforms from colonization to postmodernism, and for general readers with an interest in the nation’s colonial art history.

New Sculpture
New Sculpture

Author: Nevill Drury

Publisher: Fine Art Publishing

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Artists featured are: Arthur Ashby, Rodney Broad, Peter D. Cole, Brigid Cole-Adams, Michael Esson, Jutta Feddersen, John Gardner, Marea Gazzard, Garry Greenwood, Anton Hasell, Joy Henderson, Greg Johns, Ted Jonsson, Inge King, Maria Kuczynska, Polly MacCallum, Alexis McKean, Michael Nicholls, Roger Noakes, Leslie Oliver, Robert Parr, Lyn Plummer, Emanuel Raft, Peter Randall, Ann-Maree Reaney, Colin Reaney, James Rogers, Mona Ryder, Manne Schulze, Stephen Skillitzi, Mary Stimson, Alick Sweet, Peter Tilley, Tony Trembath, Stephen Trethewey, George Turcu, John Turier, Hossein Valamanesh, Trevor Weekes, Liz Williams, Dan Wollmering.

Australian Art
Australian Art

Author: Andrew Sayers

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780192842145

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This comprehensive survey uniquely covers both Aboriginal art and that of European Australians, providing a revealing examination of the interaction between the two. Painting, bark art, photography, rock art, sculpture, and the decorative arts are all fully explored to present the rich texture of Australian art traditions. Well-known artists such as Margaret Preston, Rover Thomas, and Sidney Nolan are all discussed, as are the natural history illustrators, Aboriginal draughtsmen, and pastellists, whose work is only now being brought to light by new research. Taking the European colonization of the continent in 1788 as his starting point, Sayers highlights important issues concerning colonial art and women artists in this fascinating new story of Australian art.

Horizon
Horizon

Author: John Neylon

Publisher: Macmillan Education AU

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9781876832544

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HORIZON: GREG JOHNS, SCULPTURES 1970-2002 traces the ideas and career of the Adelaide-based artist from his first commission in the late 1970s through to participation in recent exhibitions in New York and Bahrain. The story is told by noted Adelaide writer and art critic, John Neylon of the Art Gallery of South Australia. His text examines all aspects of the artist's development as a creator of large-scale public sculptures and explains the philosophy that has shaped the work. The reader is led through a rich array of ideas and images relating to the use of sculptural form as a language in which the works serve as metaphors for the human psyche and the natural/cosmic systems that define our world. A number of key sculptures are examined in detail - as are issues surrounding public art and its reception within the community. The processes of commissioning, creating and installing the sculptures are described along with intimate glimpses into the creation of each work as it proceeds from the artist's studio, to the engineering works where it is fabricated, and then on to its intended site.

Modern Australian Sculpture
Modern Australian Sculpture

Author: Ron Rowe

Publisher: Adelaide, Australia : Rigby

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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A collection of some of the best and most innovative work in clay or clay and multi-media to have been executed in Australia during the 1970's.