| Description |
79 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Fiona Foley: Land deal -- Rosalie Gascoigne: String of blue days -- Lyndal Jones: From the Darwin Translations: Room with Finches -- Ramingining artists: The Aboriginal Memorial -- Montien Boonma: Temple of the mind: Sala for the mind -- Yukinori Yanagi: Chrysanthemum carpet -- Joseph Beuys: Stripes from the house of the shaman 1964-72 -- Christian Boltanski -- Annette Messager: Penetration -- Richard Wilson: 20:50 -- Alfredo Jaar: The eyes of Gutete Emerita -- Bill Viola: Interval -- Artists' Biographies -- Exhibition Checklist -- Copyright Acknowledgments and Photographic Credits |
| Summary |
This publication examines 12 installations, featuring practitioners from Australia (Fiona Foley, Rosalie Gascoigne, Lyndal Jones, Ramingining artists), Asia (Montien Boonma and Yukinori Yanagi), Europe (Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Annette Messager and Richard Wilson) and America (Alfredo Jaar and Bill Viola). Their works are metaphors which mix reality and the virtual, playing with wit and triggered associations |
| Notes |
To accompany an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Australia, 31 August-27 October 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
National Gallery of Australia -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Installations (Art) -- Exhibitions.
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Installations (Art) -- Asia -- Exhibitions.
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Installations (Art) -- Australia -- Exhibitions.
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Installations (Art) -- Europe -- Exhibitions.
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Installations (Art) -- United States -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Desmond, Michael, 1950- author
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National Gallery of Australia, host institution
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| LC no. |
96060303 |
| ISBN |
0642130558 (paperback) |
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