Rosalie Gascoigne
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few artists have reshaped the Australian visual landscape with the quiet, revolutionary force of Rosalie Gascoigne, and this monograph stands as a definitive testament to her singular genius. Working primarily with salvaged materials — weathered wood, battered roadsigns, corrugated iron, and faded soft-drink crates — Gascoigne transformed the detritus of rural Australia into hauntingly beautiful assemblages that speak of space, memory, and the lyrical power of the overlooked. This volume chronicles the full arc of her remarkable career, from her late arrival on the contemporary art scene in the 1970s to her celebrated international recognition, presenting her work with the gravitas it so richly deserves. Her art argues, compellingly and without sentiment, that beauty is not manufactured but discovered — hidden in the sun-bleached plains and forgotten objects of the Australian interior. A master of texture, rhythm, and restraint, Gascoigne remains one of the most important figures in twentieth-century Australian art, and this collection leaves the reader with one abiding question: what else might we be walking past without ever truly seeing?
Author: Kelly Gellatly
Format: Paperback
Published: 2008, NGV
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few artists have reshaped the Australian visual landscape with the quiet, revolutionary force of Rosalie Gascoigne, and this monograph stands as a definitive testament to her singular genius. Working primarily with salvaged materials — weathered wood, battered roadsigns, corrugated iron, and faded soft-drink crates — Gascoigne transformed the detritus of rural Australia into hauntingly beautiful assemblages that speak of space, memory, and the lyrical power of the overlooked. This volume chronicles the full arc of her remarkable career, from her late arrival on the contemporary art scene in the 1970s to her celebrated international recognition, presenting her work with the gravitas it so richly deserves. Her art argues, compellingly and without sentiment, that beauty is not manufactured but discovered — hidden in the sun-bleached plains and forgotten objects of the Australian interior. A master of texture, rhythm, and restraint, Gascoigne remains one of the most important figures in twentieth-century Australian art, and this collection leaves the reader with one abiding question: what else might we be walking past without ever truly seeing?