Artists in conversation / Janet Hawley
- Bib ID:
- 6073967
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hawley, Janet, 1944-
- Description:
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- Richmond, Vic. : Slattery Media Group, 2012
- 415 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921778735
- Summary:
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"In their studios, over meals in their homes, on journeys together, in galleries and cafés, award-winning journalist Janet Hawley has shared thousands of conversations with artists, all of whom have spoken openly about their driving passions, influences and creative needs; their immense joys, as well as their gnawing douts and fears. Artists in conversation is a riveting glimpse into the lives, loves and inspirations of some of Australia's most important artists ... . This book reveals the private thoughts and fascinating stories of the art, the artworks and the people behind them."--Dust jacket.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction : I invite the artists to explain in their own words
- Françoise Gilot : surviving the bluebeard myth
- John Olsen : a born artist, a born romantic
- Jeffrey Smart : forever mysterious
- Margaret Olley : long live Queen Oll
- Ben Quilty : the art of war
- Nora Heysen : an artist in her own right
- Brett Whiteley : wunderkind, genius and prodigious art superstar
- Wendy Whiteley : the artist's wife
- Lloyd Rees : the old master of Australian art
- Garry Shead : an artist's homage
- William Robinson : portrait of an artist
- John Brack : the Brack legend
- Rosalie Gascoigne : a natural artist
- Donald Friend : the author of his own destiny
- Russell Drysdale : defining an Australian identity
- Tim Storrier : the provocateur
- John Wolseley : nature's artist
- John Firth-Smith : an abstract reality
- Adam Cullen : the art world's genuine enfant terrible
- Charles Blackman : an eternal romantic
- Judy Cassab : a celebrated portrait artist
- William Dobell and Joshua Smith : Australia's greatest art controversy
- Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and the Heide years : Australia's great tragedian artist
- Sidney Nolan : the brush is mightier than the pen
- Arthur Boyd : a modest, humble and prodigious artist
- Chinese contemporary artists : changing the world's art scene
- Bill Henson : the artist behind the camera
- Olive Cotton : a modernist photographer
- Reprise: John Olsen : the third act of life.
- Subject:
- Terms of Use:
- Text copyright © Janet Hawley 2012.
- Available From:
- slatterymedia.com
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2012
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