Leave No Space For Yearning: The Art Of Joy Hester
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creasing on rear cover.
Few Australian artists have captured the raw intensity of human emotion with the visceral power of Joy Hester, and leave no space for yearning: The Art of Joy Hester stands as a definitive testament to her singular vision. Author Kelly Gellatly chronicles the life and creative output of this trailblazing mid-twentieth-century Australian expressionist, whose haunting ink-on-paper works — charged with longing, motherhood, and desire — placed her at the turbulent heart of Melbourne's bohemian Heide circle, yet long left her overshadowed by her male contemporaries. This richly illustrated volume argues for Hester's rightful place in the canon of Australian modernism, presenting her bold, gestural imagery alongside insightful critical analysis that illuminates the psychological and cultural forces shaping her art. Gellatly's prose is both scholarly and deeply empathetic, tracing the threads of femininity, illness, and creative defiance that run through Hester's tragically short career. Published by the Heide Museum of Modern Art — the very institution whose grounds and ethos were so central to Hester's world — this is a work that asks a quietly urgent question: what other voices has history left yearning to be heard?
Author: Kelly Gellatly
Format: Paperback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creasing on rear cover.
Few Australian artists have captured the raw intensity of human emotion with the visceral power of Joy Hester, and leave no space for yearning: The Art of Joy Hester stands as a definitive testament to her singular vision. Author Kelly Gellatly chronicles the life and creative output of this trailblazing mid-twentieth-century Australian expressionist, whose haunting ink-on-paper works — charged with longing, motherhood, and desire — placed her at the turbulent heart of Melbourne's bohemian Heide circle, yet long left her overshadowed by her male contemporaries. This richly illustrated volume argues for Hester's rightful place in the canon of Australian modernism, presenting her bold, gestural imagery alongside insightful critical analysis that illuminates the psychological and cultural forces shaping her art. Gellatly's prose is both scholarly and deeply empathetic, tracing the threads of femininity, illness, and creative defiance that run through Hester's tragically short career. Published by the Heide Museum of Modern Art — the very institution whose grounds and ethos were so central to Hester's world — this is a work that asks a quietly urgent question: what other voices has history left yearning to be heard?