{"product_id":"2026200016340-secondhand-creating-australia-200-years-of-art-1788-1988","title":"Creating Australia: 200 Years Of Art 1788-1988","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo mark the bicentenary of European settlement, Creating Australia: 200 Years of Art 1788–1988 stands as a landmark cultural document, charting the full sweep of Australian visual art across two extraordinary centuries. The catalogue chronicles works from the earliest colonial paintings — landscapes shaped by wonder and disorientation — through to the bold, provocative canvases of the late twentieth century, presenting an unbroken thread of artistic identity that reflects the evolving soul of a nation.\n\nCompiled to accompany a major exhibition staged at the Art Gallery of South Australia, this authoritative volume presents an impressive breadth of mediums, movements, and makers, from the documentary precision of convict-era draughtsmanship to the raw abstraction of modernist and Indigenous voices. It argues, convincingly, that Australian art is not a derivative echo of European tradition but a distinct and vital force — forged by light, land, and lived experience. For collectors, scholars, and the simply curious, this volume remains an essential lens through which to understand what it has meant — and what it continues to mean — to make art in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336799756507,"sku":"2026200016340-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/721b647f-1578-437a-b959-ec27791f27fa.png?v=1789957840","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016340-secondhand-creating-australia-200-years-of-art-1788-1988","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}