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Twenty
TWENTY was launched on 26 April 2006 at the opening of an exhibition of Hari Ho's portrait photographs of Sherman Galleries' artists. These photographs are reproduced in the book, together with images of the artists' works and essays by Dr Gene Sherman, 'Australia in Asia: Cultural mediation'; Simeon Kronenberg, 'Sherman Galleries: Into the future' and 'Artists-in-residence programmes'; Leon Paroissien, 'Australian art and biennial and triennial exhibitions'; Michael Desmond, 'Snapshot: Artistic practices, tendencies and exhibitions in the Australian region from 1990s to the present'; and William Wright AM in conversation with Tony Bond. TWENTY includes full-page colour plates of the selected artists' works, with black-and-white archival photographs illustrating the essays, and two portrait photographs of each artist (colour and monochrome).
Paddington
This first major history of Paddington in forty years provides a fresh and revealing perspective on this celebrated heritage suburb in Sydney--one of the largest and most intact Victorian enclaves in the world. Leading historians and specialists explore the makeup of Paddington's diverse community--including its Indigenous, colonial, post-war migrant, bohemian and LGBTQ residents, and a succession of gentrifiers--and discuss the evolution of the suburb's unique architecture and landscape.
Spoken Object
- This biographical account of Gene Sherman's life and work reveals many intimate stories and conversations with this leading Australian cultural figure and philanthropist. Included are personal essays by many internationally renowned and influential art world commentators, curators, fashion designers, and educators - This monograph portrays Gene Sherman's life in depth, from her early beginnings to today, through the multi-decade cultural trajectory that has shaped and influenced artists and designers and the contemporary art world across many nations, including Australia, Europe, the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East. It covers her work as director of the world-renowned Sherman Galle...
The Formalesque
In this well-illustrated book Professor Bernard Smith, who is often referred to as the father of art history in Australia, condenses the arguments presented in an earlier publication Modernisms History, 1998) into a very accessible and helpful text will prove useful for students and arts-interested readers. He begins by listing and carefully explaining those terms which frequently occur in arts literature dealing with the modern period and then goes on to show that modernism has become an historical period with its art forms both 'institutionalised' and 'globalised'. Now an historical entity, art historys basic tools can be employed to explain and describe it. They include an investigation of the periods 'style', use of 'form' and attitudes to meaning. In his defence of art historys traditions and methodologies he argues that the period that encompasses modernism in the arts might now be known as The Formalesque .
Lovers and Others
This candidly written memoir, enlivened by the author's impish sense of humour, narrates the way in which, by chance and circumstance, Tom Lowenstein placed his career at the service of the Australian art world. The book describes Lowenstein's numerous David and Goliath battles with the Australian Government and the Australian Tax Office for a greater understanding and fairer treatment of the unique set of circumstances and numerous challenges faced by the country's creative sectors. Lowenstein's interactions with his colourful and gregarious clients took him frequently out of the comfort of the corporate environment into the artists' homes and studios. The personalities of Charles Blackman, Colin Lanceley, Margaret Olley, John Olsen, Garry Shead, Tim Storrier, and many other luminaries of the art world are vividly brought out with unique insights and unexpected angles. The book is richly illustrated with photographs from Lowenstein's personal archives documenting his long-standing friendships and reflecting its heady mixture of accounting, art, and wine.
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Current
Current: Contemporary Art From Australia and New Zealand is the first comprehensive survey of all that is cutting edge in Australian and New Zealand contemporary practice. In a landmark publication, the book features eighty artists, carefully chosen to best reflect the vibrancy of art of the moment. While Current could be seen as a hot list of contemporary taste in the tradition of Taschen's Art Now, inclusivity is the book's abiding theme. Current is also underpinned by scholarship with commissioned essays by the region's leading writers and curators. Current's beautifully designed pages are filled with many names familiar to followers of contemporary art - including Paddy Bedford, Simryn G...
Resonating
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