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Author : Patrick McCaughey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Australian Abstract Art written by Patrick McCaughey and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amber Creswell Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760762858
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Australian Abstract written by Amber Creswell Bell and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There is an internal monologue, and a world of decisions and possibilities behind each work that the viewer does not see. Abstraction is akin to learning a new language.' ANA YOUNG There is no single neat definition of abstract art. It makes no attempt to represent reality; instead it has its own visual language using shape, colour and form with no rules. An explosion of creative expression and gestural force, Australian Abstract explores the constantly evolving genre and how it offers unparalleled artistic freedom, inviting deeply personal connection and interpretation from both artist and viewer. Works often straddle a mid-point between recognition and the sensed experience through the materiality of paint encompassing a pastiche of styles. Drawing on extensive interviews Amber Creswell Bell examines the diverse practices of more than forty contemporary abstract painters, documenting a repertoire of styles, subjects, visions and philosophies. Some compare abstract art to music, particularly jazz; others are inspired by nature, science and geometry; and some simply relish the opportunity to express complex emotions in a way words cannot. What unites these extraordinary artists, however, is the conviction that this form of expression chose them.
Author : Amber Creswell Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760760113
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)
Download or read book A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to Coast written by Amber Creswell Bell and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror The wide brown land for me!Dorothea Mackellar's words have a knack for swelling the metaphorical chest of many Australians with the evocative descriptions in her iconic encomium, 'My Country'. Just as Mackellar zeroed in on the particular nuances of Australia that make our country so unique, this book forms an aesthetic study of the Australian landscape as seen, experienced and expressed by the Australian artists who choose to paint it.Surveying 50 artists working in various mediums and depicting varied terrains, A Painted Landscape showcases an incredible diversity of landscapes and in doing so, dispels the myth that Australia is all 'beach and bush'. Focusing on contemporary landscape painters, this is Australia in the 21st century through a specifically creative lens.
Author : Ken Done
Publisher : Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ken Done written by Ken Done and published by Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. This book was released on 1994 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features essays by curators from the Powerhouse Museum and Done Art and Design who look at the origins of an inspirations for Ken Done's work from his art school days in the 1950s thorugh his years in advertising to his work now as an artist and designer.
Author : Amber Creswell Bell
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1760762024
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Still Life written by Amber Creswell Bell and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich survey of the work of more than forty still life artists, which presents the genre in a uniquely contemporary light. Still life painting is a practice that goes back centuries but has recently been reinvigorated by a new generation of contemporary artists. Still Life explores the diverse practices of more than forty contemporary artists and documents their styles, subjects, visions, and philosophies as they reinterpret this art form for our age. While flowers and food are mainstays of the genre, more anomalous objects—such as books and beer cans, birds and balloons—can be found within these pages, adding an energy and intrigue to both the composition and the story of the work. This book captures the inanimate beauty of the everyday in the twenty-first century, and offers a meditation on human experience as well as the brevity of life. Featuring interviews with each of the artists, this accessibly written book is as appealing to established artists as it is for artists who are just starting out. Quoting John Bokor, author Amber Creswell Bell shares that “A collection of objects—no matter how mundane—tells a story. They are like a little world; you can get lost in them.” As a survey of stunning work or as an inspirational volume for the budding artist, this book presents in full color the art of today’s most original artists.
Author : Amber Creswell Bell
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 050050072X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Clay written by Amber Creswell Bell and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures the feel of the ceramicist’s studio with new appreciation for the beautiful, functional, and accessible works being produced by a new generation of makers Ceramics is back in a big way, experiencing a steady surge of interest and popularity not seen since the 1970s. The return to the handmade, driven by our increasingly digital lives, means there are now more makers, sellers, and collectors than ever. There is also a new desire for unique objects made by hand and the imperfections associated with the marks of the maker. Pottery captures this authenticity in ways no other medium can. From decorative pieces to the beautiful but functional, to sculptural works pushing the boundaries of the medium, Clay surveys the rich creative output of fifty of the top studio potters from around the world. It is a celebration of a new generation of artisans working in clay, a snapshot not necessarily of what is happening at the elite gallery level but rather a behind-the-scenes look at unique and eclectic offerings, both functional and sculptural, from small studios around the world.
Author : Andrew Sayers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192842145
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (421 download)
Download or read book Australian Art written by Andrew Sayers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Anna Moszynska
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500775885
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Abstract Art (Second) (World of Art) written by Anna Moszynska and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exceptionally clear, thorough, and well- illustrated introduction to abstract art since 1900. Since the early years of the twentieth century, Western abstract art has fascinated, outraged, and bewildered audiences. Its path to acceptance within the artistic mainstream was slow. This revised edition traces the origins and evolution of abstract art, placing it in broad cultural context. Well-respected scholar Anna Moszynska examines the pioneering work of Hilma af Klint, Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, and Piet Mondrian alongside the Russian Constructivists, the De Stijl group, and the Bauhaus artists, contrasting European geometric abstraction in the 1930s and ’40s with the emphasis on personal expression after World War II. Op, kinetic, and minimal art of the postwar period is discussed and illustrated in detail, and new chapters bring the account up to date, exploring the crisis in abstraction of the 1980s and its revival—in paint, fabric, sculpture, and installation—in recent decades. The first edition of Abstract Art, published in 1990, was acclaimed by reviewers. Revised with extensive updates, this book includes new chapters on recent trends and offers fully global coverage of art produced in North and South America, Europe, China, Korea, and the Middle East. Now in full color and comprehensively revised, it will serve as the best introduction to abstract art for a new generation.
Author : Patrick McCaughey
Publisher : Miegunyah Press
ISBN 13 : 9780522861204
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Strange Country written by Patrick McCaughey and published by Miegunyah Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Painting matters to Australia and Australians as it does in few other countries. It has formed our consciousness, our sense of where we come from, and who we are. It cries out for wider recognition and acknowledgement.' - Patrick McCaughey Why has Australia, an island continent with a small population, produced such original and powerful art? And why is it so little known beyond our shores? Strange Country: Why Australian Painting Matters is Patrick McCaughey's answer.
Author : Nawratil
Publisher : Search Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 1781265372
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (812 download)
Download or read book Abstract Nature written by Nawratil and published by Search Press Limited. This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John McDonald
Publisher : R. Ian Lloyd
ISBN 13 : 9810574665
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Studio written by John McDonald and published by R. Ian Lloyd. This book was released on 2007 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Studio' presents an extraordinary anthology of visual and verbal insights into the way paintings are made, and the complex blend of motivation and inspiration that sustains the painter in his or her solitary search for meaning.
Author : Dianne Ottley
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443820474
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Grace Crowley’s Contribution to Australian Modernism and Geometric Abstraction written by Dianne Ottley and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-19 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Crowley has been recognized as a product of European modernism and was one of the leading innovators of geometric abstraction in Australia. Having studied in Paris in the 1920s with one of the leading art teachers, writers and theorists, André Lhote, she returned to Australia having mastered the complex mathematics and geometry of the golden section and dynamic symmetry, that had become a framework for modernism. Through her teaching of these compositional techniques at the most progressive modern art school in Sydney in the 1930s, she became a crucial influence on the group of artists now recognized as the historical forerunners to American colour-field painting introduced to Australia in the 1960s, and Australian abstraction. Through her close friendship with Anne Dangar, who played a critical role in the success of Albert Gleizes’ utopian art colony in rural France, Crowley maintained contact with mainstream European modernism and links to the Abstraction-Creation Group in Paris. During the 1940s and 1950s, Crowley worked with fellow-artist Ralph Balson, and together they developed their own style of geometric abstract art which reflected the spiritual dimensions of Kandinsky and Mondrian. Although undervalued in her own time, the sincerity and uncompromising quality of her work that transcends national boundaries, makes her one of the most important Australian women artists of her generation.
Author : Theresa Byrnes
Publisher : Pan MacMillan
ISBN 13 : 9780732910099
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Divine Mistake written by Theresa Byrnes and published by Pan MacMillan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autobiography focuss on the author's career as an artist and her struggle with the fatal degenerative disease, Friedrich's Ataxia. Describes her travels, her national and international exhibitions and her family life. The author has established a foundation for developing a cure for Freidrich's Ataxia, been appointed an Australia Day Ambassador and received a Young Australian of the Year Award.
Author : Petra Tholken
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1782219579
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Abstract Painting written by Petra Tholken and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create 20 beautiful abstract works of art in acrylic and mixed media using exciting new techniques and materials. Petra Thölken's practical and inspiring book includes 20 beautiful abstract works of art explained step by step, including variations and tips for readers' own designs. For some of the projects, there are links to her popular video instructions, showing readers how she created the individual painting. All the basics for the perfect introduction to painting with acrylic and mixed media are here, with colour theory, techniques and materials presented in an understandable and concise manner. Petra uses exciting new techniques and materials and encourages readers to familiarize themselves with getting to know the paints and the mixing of shades. Get your ideas flowing with Petra's inspirational advice and find out how to approach your paintings in different ways.
Author : Robert Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Art of Australia written by Robert Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition was withdrawn six days before its planned release in Australian shops. A revised edition was published in 1970.
Author : Ian McLean
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780236239
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Rattling Spears written by Ian McLean and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large, bold, and colorful, indigenous Australian art—sometimes known as Aboriginal art—has made an indelible impression on the contemporary art scene. But it is controversial, dividing the artists, purveyors, and collectors from those who smell a scam. Whether the artists are victims or victors, there is no denying the impact of their work in the media, on art collectors and the art world at large, and on our global imagination. How did Australian art become the most successful indigenous form in the world? How did its artists escape the ethnographic and souvenir markets to become players in an art market to which they had historically been denied access? Beautifully illustrated, this full stunning account not only offers a comprehensive introduction to this rich artistic tradition, but also makes us question everything we have been taught about contemporary art.
Author : Simon Pierse
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351574965
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book "Australian Art and Artists in London, 1950?965 " written by Simon Pierse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subtle and wide-ranging in its account, this study explores the impact of Australian art in Britain in the two decades following the end of World War II and preceding the 'Swinging Sixties'. In a transitional period of decolonization in Britain, Australian painting was briefly seized upon as a dynamic and reinvigorating force in contemporary art, and a group of Australian artists settled in London where they held centre stage with group and solo exhibitions in the capital's most prestigious galleries. The book traces the key influences of Sir Kenneth Clark, Bernard Smith and Bryan Robertson in their various (and varying) roles as patrons, ideologues, and entrepreneurs for Australian art, as well as the self-definition and interaction of the artists themselves. Simon Pierse interweaves multiple issues of the period into a cohesive historical narrative, including the mechanics of the British art world, the limited and frustrating cultural scene of 1950s Australia, and the conservative influence of Australian government bodies. Publishing for the first time archival material, letters, and photographs previously unavailable to scholars either in Britain or Australia, this book demonstrates how the work of expatriate Australian artists living in London constructed a distinct vision of Australian identity for a foreign market.
