Impresario: Paul Taylor, The Melbourne Years, 1981–1984
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: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Before Paul Taylor became a defining voice in the New York art world, he was an electric presence in Melbourne's cultural underground — and Impresario: Paul Taylor, The Melbourne Years, 1981–1984 captures that formative, incendiary chapter in vivid detail. This anthology chronicles the brief but transformative period during which Taylor, as editor of the influential art magazine Art & Text, orchestrated a radical shift in how Australian contemporary art was written about, curated, and conceived, positioning Melbourne as an unlikely but vital node in the global postmodern conversation. Edited by Helen Hughes and Nicholas Croggon, the collection presents a rich tapestry of primary documents, critical essays, and archival materials that illuminate Taylor's singular role as a cultural impresario — equal parts provocateur, theorist, and tastemaker. The editors argue that this period was not merely a prelude to Taylor's later international career, but a crucible in which a distinctly Australian avant-garde was forged. Readers familiar with postmodern art criticism will recognise the intellectual debt owed to this era, while newcomers will find themselves drawn into a world where art, theory, and ambition collided with thrilling consequence.
Author: Edited By Helen Hughes & Nicholas Croggon
Format: Paperback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Before Paul Taylor became a defining voice in the New York art world, he was an electric presence in Melbourne's cultural underground — and Impresario: Paul Taylor, The Melbourne Years, 1981–1984 captures that formative, incendiary chapter in vivid detail. This anthology chronicles the brief but transformative period during which Taylor, as editor of the influential art magazine Art & Text, orchestrated a radical shift in how Australian contemporary art was written about, curated, and conceived, positioning Melbourne as an unlikely but vital node in the global postmodern conversation. Edited by Helen Hughes and Nicholas Croggon, the collection presents a rich tapestry of primary documents, critical essays, and archival materials that illuminate Taylor's singular role as a cultural impresario — equal parts provocateur, theorist, and tastemaker. The editors argue that this period was not merely a prelude to Taylor's later international career, but a crucible in which a distinctly Australian avant-garde was forged. Readers familiar with postmodern art criticism will recognise the intellectual debt owed to this era, while newcomers will find themselves drawn into a world where art, theory, and ambition collided with thrilling consequence.