| Description |
175 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Director's forward / Elizabeth Ann Macgregor -- Rules are meant to be broken / Marcia Langton --Taboo installation images -- Vitrines / Brook Andrew -- Taboo: dirty and pretty at the same time / Brook Andrew -- Further artist images / Alfredo Jaar [and others] -- Taboo / Jenny Munro -- Taboo or not to be ... / Namila Benson -- Lost my job / Jimmie Durham -- Control through fear / David Elliott -- Taboo in Java / Alia Swastika -- I'm tempted to say that taboos do not exist / Anthony Gardner -- A misunderstanding / Deborah Kelly -- Wilfully stepping on the cracks / Jay Gregory -- Northern dancers / Gerald McMaster -- Blood / Fiona McGregor -- Maintain / Khaled Sabsabi -- And just because you went to Thahapul. N and it started to rain / John van Sturmer |
| Summary |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition curated by Brook Andrew at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, this book presents challenging encounters with a range of artists, both Australian and international, who respond to issues surrounding race, ethnicity, politics and religion. The purposeful breaking of taboos -- crossing the line wherever society forbids it -- is a recurrent impetus for great works of literature and art, and it is the role of artists to precipitate such breaches. With texts by Marcia Langton, Brook Andrew, Fiona McGregor, David Elliott, and others, plus diverse works by artists like Anton Kannemeyer, Maria Kozic, Ken Reinhard and many more |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
First published on the occasion of the exhibition "TABOO" Museum of Contemporary Art Australia 19 December 2012 - 24 February 2013 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Published for the occasion of the exhibition of the same title at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, on 19 December 2012 - 24 February 2013 |
| Subject |
Chocka, Bindi Cole, 1975-
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Idagi, Ricardo, 1957-
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Jolliffe, Eric, 1907-2001
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Moffatt, Tracey.
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Munro, Jenny.
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Art, Australian -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
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Political correctness -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Taboo in art -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Taboo in art.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Andrew, Brook, 1970- curator
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Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, N.S.W.), issuing body
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| ISBN |
9781921034602 (paperback) |
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