{"product_id":"2026200014983-secondhand-fifth-biennale-of-sydney-private-symbol-social-metaphor","title":"Fifth Biennale Of Sydney: Private Symbol Social Metaphor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1984, Sydney became the epicentre of the international contemporary art world when the Fifth Biennale of Sydney, themed Private Symbol Social Metaphor, brought together a remarkable constellation of artists from across the globe to interrogate the charged relationship between personal iconography and collective meaning. This landmark exhibition catalogue chronicles the works, ideas, and cultural conversations that defined one of the most conceptually ambitious editions of Australia's premier international art event, presenting a sweeping survey of painting, sculpture, installation, and performance that asked how private visual languages become shared cultural currency.\n\nThe catalogue stands as an essential document of a pivotal moment in late-twentieth-century art history, capturing the tension between individual artistic vision and broader societal narratives at a time when postmodernism was reshaping the very foundations of artistic practice. Curated with intellectual rigour and a genuinely global perspective, the Fifth Biennale of Sydney illustrates how art functions simultaneously as intimate confession and public declaration — a question as urgently relevant today as it was in 1984. For collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts of contemporary art history, this volume remains an indispensable record of a generation of artists who dared to ask what symbols we share, and what they reveal about us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203109822683,"sku":"2026200014983-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c14c5a15-a94c-42ec-9134-8e49e5fe71f1.png?v=1788143953","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014983-secondhand-fifth-biennale-of-sydney-private-symbol-social-metaphor","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}