Publication Details Paperback with dust-jacket,165 x 241 mm (portrait), 348 pages, printed on Munken Print White from Arctic Paper, ISBN: 9781925432763, Category: Contemporary art, architecture and design, RRP: $59.95
Author and/or Editor name/s Annika Aitken, Dr Isobel Crombie, Megan Patty, Dr Maria Quirk and Myles Russell-Cook (eds.)
Author and/or Editor bio/s Annika Aitken is Assistant Curator, Asian Art, at the NGV. Dr Isobel Crombie began her career at the National Gallery of Australia in 1979, and from 1988 to 2012 she was Senior Curator of Photography at the NGV. From 2013–2019 she was Assistant Director, Curatorial and Collection Management, at the NGV. Megan Patty is Head of Publications, Photographic Services and Library at the NGV. Dr Maria Quirk is Assistant Curator, Collections and Research, at the NGV. Myles Russell-Cook is Curator of Indigenous Art at the NGV.
Year of publication 2020
Publisher National Gallery of Victoria
Abstract This is not a monograph on the history of women artists or an art-historical survey of ‘women’s art’. It is thirty-four perspectives on pivotal moments in, and key contributions to, the field of art and design by women, all drawn from the NGV Collection. The idea of persistence was the inspiration for this publication. The works explored demonstrate the tenacity of women, from the day-to-day determination required by women practitioners whose very existence was a radical act, to the direct activism of individuals from the past and present. Taking a cross-cultural and crossdisciplinary perspective, this volume is a vital addition to the conversation about women’s contribution to art and design history.
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