Casebound
240 pages
28 x 24 cm
Slow Reveal
The Nude in Australian Art
PAUL McGILLICK
Hardly mentioned in standard histories of Australian art, the nude is like an unwanted guest, somehow slightly embarrassing. After a tentative entrance in Hobart in the 1840s, it disappeared until the 1870s. Why was this? When it did finally emerge, how did it compare to its European origins? Is there something unique in this antipodean version, linking it to the tanned and scantily clad denizens of Australia’s famous sandy beaches? This book reveals the fascinating variety of the nude in Australian art up to the present day – in painting, sculpture, printmaking and photography – and highlights the central role played by female artists. It’s a fresh view of Australian art through the lens of the nude and suggesting new ways of looking at art generally.
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Dr Paul McGillick has had a long and varied career embracing academe, radio and television, the visual arts and architecture and design publishing. He spent almost 20 years at the University of Sydney, lecturing in applied linguistics and phonology. He was also chief performing and visual arts critic for The Australian Financial Review for many years, as well as a producer/presenter in arts television for SBSTV and ABCTV. He was for many years Editorial Director at IndesignMedia where he was the creator and founding editor of the regional art and architecture magazine, Habitus. He has published 18 books on art and architecture (especially South-East Asian architecture) and continues to regularly publish articles and catalogue essays on art and architecture.
