Encounters With Australian Modern Art

by Heathcote, Christopher; Maccaughey, Patrick; Thomas, Sarah; Palmer, Maudie

• ISBN13: 9781921394218
• ISBN10: 1921394218
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-31
• Publisher: Macmillan Art Pub

Summary

Encounters with Australian Modern Art represents a vital milestone in the presentation of Australian art to a worldwide readership. It is published in French and English, and lavishly illustrated with more than 200 iconic images, many drawn from the collection of the TarraWarra museum of Art. Maudie Palmer, Director of the Museum and Editor of the book, devised its concept and selected the authors. They, like herself and the Besen's, have witnessed first-hand the development of Australian Modernism during the second half of the twentieth century when the careers of its leading artist practitioners were firmly established. During those decades, many of these became acknowledged national identities-some enjoying overseas acclaim.