{"product_id":"2026200012113-secondhand-the-eye-of-the-beholder-albert-tuckers-photographs","title":"The Eye Of The Beholder: Albert Tucker's Photographs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind every great painter lies a hidden eye — and in Albert Tucker's case, that eye was trained not only on canvas but through the lens of a camera. The Eye of the Beholder: Albert Tucker's Photographs presents a rare and intimate glimpse into the photographic archive of one of Australia's most celebrated and provocative modernist painters, curated and contextualised by art historian Janine Burke. The work chronicles Tucker's life and artistic milieu through his personal photographs, capturing the bohemian world of mid-twentieth-century Melbourne — its artists, its tensions, and its extraordinary creative energy — with a candid, unguarded authenticity that his paintings could only approach obliquely.\n\nBurke, a preeminent authority on Australian art history, illuminates the profound relationship between Tucker's photographic practice and his broader artistic vision, arguing that the camera was not a mere hobby but an integral tool of observation and documentation. Her authoritative yet evocative prose draws together biography, art criticism, and social history, situating Tucker's photographs within the turbulent cultural landscape of postwar Australia. Published by the Museum of Modern Art at Heide — the very institution most closely associated with Tucker's legacy — this volume invites the reader to ask a tantalising question: what does it mean to see the world through the eye of a visionary?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130807591131,"sku":"2026200012113-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/933e5370-2a6c-4b52-b75e-98b1ca884b6e.png?v=1786590295","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012113-secondhand-the-eye-of-the-beholder-albert-tuckers-photographs","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}