Introduction. Art comes out: tracing the development of contemporary art.-- 1. A Continuing romance: the biography of the tree.-- 2. Managing modernism: Australian artistic movements since 1940.-- 3. A Female space: Australian women's art.-- 4. Take away or eat here? Decisions on the digestion of Asian images.-- 5. Picturing life together: the community and the visual arts.-- 6. Racial and sexual versions: the art of minority cultures.-- 7. Portraits in prayer: Eastern philosophies in Australian art.-- Conclusion. Everything is cool again: the contemporary context
Summary
Covers work from the 1940s to the late 1990s, identifying intersecting aims and ideas
