Printed - Images by Australian Artists 1942 - 2020

Butler, Roger
Printed - Images by Australian Artists 1942 - 2020

Printed - Images by Australian Artists 1942 - 2020

Butler, Roger

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Printed: Images by Australian artists 1942 - 2020 traces the history of printmaking by Australian artists during an era of dramatic changes in Australian society and the visual arts. Arranged in three sections, it begins with the innovative wartime policy initiatives of the Commonwealth. Reconstruction Scheme which laid the groundwork for crucial development in the arts. In this period emigre artists and Australian artists returning home helped established printmaking societies, art galleries and publishers - which underpinned the growing popularity of this most democratic of art forms.

The second section explores the rise of political and social posters, which became one of the most dynamic forms of print practice in the 1970s and 1980s, and prints by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists which have been at the forefront of Australian art since the 1970s. The book's final section discusses the continuing responses by printmakers to key concerns of our time, focusing on the themes of land and identity.

Author:   Butler, Roger
Publisher:   National Gallery of Australia
ISBN:  

9780642334930


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   01 November 2021
Bind Format:   Hardback
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Printed: Images by Australian artists 1942 - 2020 traces the history of printmaking by Australian artists during an era of dramatic changes in Australian society and the visual arts. Arranged in three sections, it begins with the innovative wartime policy initiatives of the Commonwealth. Reconstruction Scheme which laid the groundwork for crucial development in the arts. In this period emigre artists and Australian artists returning home helped established printmaking societies, art galleries and publishers - which underpinned the growing popularity of this most democratic of art forms.

The second section explores the rise of political and social posters, which became one of the most dynamic forms of print practice in the 1970s and 1980s, and prints by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists which have been at the forefront of Australian art since the 1970s. The book's final section discusses the continuing responses by printmakers to key concerns of our time, focusing on the themes of land and identity.

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Author:   Butler, Roger
Publisher:   National Gallery of Australia
ISBN:  

9780642334930


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   01 November 2021
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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