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The Adelaide art scene : becoming contemporary 1939-2000 / Margot Osborne ; Catherine Speck, consulting editor ; Jude Adams [and fourteen others].

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781923042025
Author	Osborne, Margot (author)
Title	The Adelaide art scene : becoming contemporary 1939-2000 / Margot Osborne ; Catherine Speck, consulting editor ; Jude Adams [and fourteen others].
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2023.
Description	743 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm.
Summary	This landmark anthology of new and archival writing on the Adelaide art scene across six decades reveals the untold story of the highs and lows of progressive art in Adelaide since the outbreak of the Second World War.The Adelaide Art Scene: Becoming contemporary 1939-2000 is a compelling, multi-faceted account of the milieu in which progressive art evolved - through the roles of key artists and of landmark exhibitions, through bursts of maverick art criticism and art activism, through the competitive roles of art societies, the rise and fall of key art galleries, and the changing role of the city's flagship art museum, the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Subjects	Art -- South Australia
	Art, Modern -- Australia
	Art, Australian -- South Australia -- Adelaide
	Art, Australian -- South Australia
	Adelaide (S. Aust.)
Call number	2024.001

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00969867	2024.001	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .