Artists in conversation / Janet Hawley.
Publication details: Richmond, Vic. : Slattery Media Group, 2012.Description: 415 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781921778735 (hbk.) :
- 709.94 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 709.94 HAW | Available | 056781 |
Introduction : I invite the artists to explain in their own words -- Françoise Gilot : surviving the bluebeard myth -- John Olsen : a born artist, a born romantic -- Jeffrey Smart : forever mysterious -- Margaret Olley : long live Queen Oll -- Ben Quilty : the art of war -- Nora Heysen : an artist in her own right -- Brett Whiteley : wunderkind, genius and prodigious art superstar -- Wendy Whiteley : the artist's wife -- Lloyd Rees : the old master of Australian art -- Garry Shead : an artist's homage -- William Robinson : portrait of an artist -- John Brack : the Brack legend -- Rosalie Gascoigne : a natural artist -- Donald Friend : the author of his own destiny -- Russell Drysdale : defining an Australian identity -- Tim Storrier : the provocateur -- John Wolseley : nature's artist -- John Firth-Smith : an abstract reality -- Adam Cullen : the art world's genuine enfant terrible -- Charles Blackman : an eternal romantic -- Judy Cassab : a celebrated portrait artist -- William Dobell and Joshua Smith : Australia's greatest art controversy -- Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and the Heide years : Australia's great tragedian artist -- Sidney Nolan : the brush is mightier than the pen -- Arthur Boyd : a modest, humble and prodigious artist -- Chinese contemporary artists : changing the world's art scene -- Bill Henson : the artist behind the camera -- Olive Cotton : a modernist photographer -- Reprise: John Olsen : the third act of life.
"In their studios, over meals in their homes, on journeys together, in galleries and cafés, award-winning journalist Janet Hawley has shared thousands of conversations with artists, all of whom have spoken openly about their driving passions, influences and creative needs; their immense joys, as well as their gnawing douts and fears. Artists in conversation is a riveting glimpse into the lives, loves and inspirations of some of Australia's most importatn artists ... . This book reveals the private thoughts and facsinating stories of the art, the artworks and the people behind them."--Dust jacket.
Text copyright © Janet Hawley 2012.
