Modern Australian Painting, 1975/1980
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At a pivotal moment in the development of a distinctly Australian visual identity, Modern Australian Painting, 1975/1980 presents a sweeping survey of the nation's most vital and dynamic painters across a transformative five-year period. Compiled by renowned gallerist and arts patron Kym Bonython, with an introduction by Ross Luck, this landmark volume chronicles the breadth and ambition of Australian painting at a time when the country's artistic scene was asserting itself on the world stage — bold, diverse, and unmistakably its own. Bonython, whose legendary Adelaide gallery was a crucible for Australian contemporary art, brings an insider's authority and passion to this curated visual record, presenting works that range from figurative realism to bold abstraction. The collection illustrates the remarkable plurality of styles flourishing across the continent during the late 1970s, arguing implicitly that Australian painting had shed its colonial shadows and arrived at a confident, sovereign voice. For collectors, art historians, and enthusiasts alike, this volume remains an indispensable time capsule — one that raises the enduring question of how a nation finds, and then defines, its own artistic soul.
Author: Kym Bonython
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Rigby
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At a pivotal moment in the development of a distinctly Australian visual identity, Modern Australian Painting, 1975/1980 presents a sweeping survey of the nation's most vital and dynamic painters across a transformative five-year period. Compiled by renowned gallerist and arts patron Kym Bonython, with an introduction by Ross Luck, this landmark volume chronicles the breadth and ambition of Australian painting at a time when the country's artistic scene was asserting itself on the world stage — bold, diverse, and unmistakably its own. Bonython, whose legendary Adelaide gallery was a crucible for Australian contemporary art, brings an insider's authority and passion to this curated visual record, presenting works that range from figurative realism to bold abstraction. The collection illustrates the remarkable plurality of styles flourishing across the continent during the late 1970s, arguing implicitly that Australian painting had shed its colonial shadows and arrived at a confident, sovereign voice. For collectors, art historians, and enthusiasts alike, this volume remains an indispensable time capsule — one that raises the enduring question of how a nation finds, and then defines, its own artistic soul.