Angry Penguins And Realist Painting In Melbourne In The 1940S
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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In the turbulent artistic landscape of wartime Melbourne, a radical movement ignited — one that would forever alter the trajectory of Australian modernism. Angry Penguins and Realist Painting in Melbourne in the 1940s is the authoritative catalogue accompanying the landmark exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, London (19 May to 14 August 1988), organised by the South Bank Centre, the Australian National Gallery, and the Australian Bicentennial Authority. It chronicles the fierce creative energy of a generation of painters — among them Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Albert Tucker, and Joy Hester — who dared to confront their era's social and psychological upheaval with raw, unflinching imagery. This essential volume presents a rich survey of a pivotal decade in which Australian art broke free from provincial conservatism and staked its claim on the world stage, illuminating the intersection of literary avant-gardism — embodied by the infamous Angry Penguins journal — and a bold new visual realism. The catalogue details critical essays, artist biographies, and full-colour reproductions that contextualise the movement within both its Australian origins and its international modernist contemporaries. For anyone seeking to understand how a small, embattled circle of artists transformed cultural isolation into visionary power, this volume remains an indispensable and revelatory document.
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 1988, South Bank Centre
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the turbulent artistic landscape of wartime Melbourne, a radical movement ignited — one that would forever alter the trajectory of Australian modernism. Angry Penguins and Realist Painting in Melbourne in the 1940s is the authoritative catalogue accompanying the landmark exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, London (19 May to 14 August 1988), organised by the South Bank Centre, the Australian National Gallery, and the Australian Bicentennial Authority. It chronicles the fierce creative energy of a generation of painters — among them Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Albert Tucker, and Joy Hester — who dared to confront their era's social and psychological upheaval with raw, unflinching imagery. This essential volume presents a rich survey of a pivotal decade in which Australian art broke free from provincial conservatism and staked its claim on the world stage, illuminating the intersection of literary avant-gardism — embodied by the infamous Angry Penguins journal — and a bold new visual realism. The catalogue details critical essays, artist biographies, and full-colour reproductions that contextualise the movement within both its Australian origins and its international modernist contemporaries. For anyone seeking to understand how a small, embattled circle of artists transformed cultural isolation into visionary power, this volume remains an indispensable and revelatory document.