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Book, Germaine Greer, The Obstacle Race. The fortunes of women painters and their work, 1979
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Traces the social, educational, and psychological barriers for women artists from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century to gain recognition, most relying on relationships with artists in their families to gain success. or conversely denied success through partnerships with male painters.Book non-fictionTraces the social, educational, and psychological barriers for women artists from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century to gain recognition, most relying on relationships with artists in their families to gain success. or conversely denied success through partnerships with male painters. portraiture, flowerpainting, miniaturists, still life -
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Book, Cindy Nemser, Art Talk. Conversations with 12 Women Artists, !975
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Interviews with 12 significant women artists, predominantly working in North America. The interviews start include a brief biography and black and white photos of each artist,and images of their work.Booknon-fictionInterviews with 12 significant women artists, predominantly working in North America. The interviews start include a brief biography and black and white photos of each artist,and images of their work.sonia delaunay, louise nevelson, lee krasner, alice neel, grace hartigan, marisol, lila katzen, elanor antin, audrey flack, nancy grossman, barbara hepworth, eva hesse -
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Book, Eva Cockcroft, John Weber, James Cockcroft, Towards a People's Art. The Contemporary Mural Movement, 1977
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Written by two muralists and a sociologists the book documents the community based mural movement in the late 60s and early 70s in Canada and the USA.Booknon-fictionWritten by two muralists and a sociologists the book documents the community based mural movement in the late 60s and early 70s in Canada and the USA.political art, revolutionary art, community arts, large scale works -
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Book, Vivienne Binns, Community and the Arts. History. Theory. Practice.Australian Perspectives, 1991
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Anthology of articles on the history and theory of community arts in Australia written by artists and artsworkers involved.Booknon-fictionAnthology of articles on the history and theory of community arts in Australia written by artists and artsworkers involved. community arts, collaborative practice, art history, political art, community arts network, aboriginal land rights -
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Book, Toby Clark, Art and Propaganda in the Twentieth Century. The Political Image in the Age of Mass Culture, 1997
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Using paintings, posters, photographs, film stills and sculpture the author explores how propaganda art can be determined and defined.Booknon-fictionUsing paintings, posters, photographs, film stills and sculpture the author explores how propaganda art can be determined and defined.war, feminism, installation art -
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Book, Chritine Battersby, Gender and Genius. Towards a Feminist Aesthetics, 1989
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Using the writings of ancient and contemporary male philosophers the book interrogates ideas around narrow gender roles, and the creation of feminist aesthetic.Booknon-fictionUsing the writings of ancient and contemporary male philosophers the book interrogates ideas around narrow gender roles, and the creation of feminist aesthetic.myths, creativity, motherhood, psychoanalytic theory, prejudice -
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Book, Norma Broude, Mary D. Garrard, Feminism and Art History. Questioning the Litany, 1982
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Seventeen essays covering every major art period from the ancient Egyptian to the 1970s presenting an alternative history of Western art history.Booknon-fictionSeventeen essays covering every major art period from the ancient Egyptian to the 1970s presenting an alternative history of Western art history.representation, the male gaze, portraiture, the nude -
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Book, Rosemary Betterton, Looking On. Images in the Visual Arts and Media, 1987
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Essays examining the way images of women advertising, magazines, fine art, fashion and pornography influence attitudes and perceptions about femininity and female sexuality.Booknon-fictionEssays examining the way images of women advertising, magazines, fine art, fashion and pornography influence attitudes and perceptions about femininity and female sexuality.iconography, mass media, body image, self-portraiture -
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Book - Anthology, Sneja Gunew & Anna Yeatman, Feminism and the Politics of Difference, 1993
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Collection of essays written by feminist theorists from several disciplines in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US, challenging 'western ' feminism, examining identity politics and intersectionality.Booknon-fictionCollection of essays written by feminist theorists from several disciplines in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US, challenging 'western ' feminism, examining identity politics and intersectionality.post-colonialism, body, postmodernism, poststructuralism, theory, racism, globalization -
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Book - Anthology, Sneja Gunew & Fazal Rizvi, Culture, Difference and the Arts, 1994
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Collection of essays addressing issues of culture and difference in Australia in the late 20th century and ways to develop new thinking about the role of the arts in a multicultural society.non-fictionCollection of essays addressing issues of culture and difference in Australia in the late 20th century and ways to develop new thinking about the role of the arts in a multicultural society.multiculturalism, funding, access, community arts, cultural difference, arts policy reform, aboriginality -
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Book - Anthology, Hal Foster, The Anti-Aesthetic. Essays on Postmodern Culture, 1983
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...A collection of essays by international academics and critics addressing the meaning, forms, effects and places of postmodernism.booknon-fictionA collection of essays by international academics and critics addressing the meaning, forms, effects and places of postmodernism.theory, modernity, feminism, avant-garde, cross-disciplinary art, museology -
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Book - Anthology, Nina Felshin, But is it Art? The Spirit of Art as Activism, 1995
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...A collection of essays by art critics, historians and journalists exploring 12 individual and group practices of activist art making. An overview of the dynamic exhibitions, events, happenings and cultural practices engaged in creating social change.BookA collection of essays by art critics, historians and journalists exploring 12 individual and group practices of activist art making. An overview of the dynamic exhibitions, events, happenings and cultural practices engaged in creating social change.public art, collective, interdisciplinary, body, racism, durational art, social practice, museology, feminism, collaboration -
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Book - Anthology, Katy Deepwell, New Feminist Art Criticism, 1995
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Essays addressing questions surrounding the effects of feminism on arts practice including responses to feminist exhibitions, the way arts degrees are taught d how feminism's engagment with psychoanalysis and postmodernism has deconstructed borders between the arts and crafts.Booknon-fictionEssays addressing questions surrounding the effects of feminism on arts practice including responses to feminist exhibitions, the way arts degrees are taught d how feminism's engagment with psychoanalysis and postmodernism has deconstructed borders between the arts and crafts. theory, psychoanalytic theory, modernism, curatorship, museology, censorship, hierarchy of media, feminist pedagogy, education, performance art -
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Book, Uta Grosenick, Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century, 2003
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Individual focus on 47 women artists, predominantly from the UK, USA and Europe, in photographs and brief text prepared by various critics and writers.bookIndividual focus on 47 women artists, predominantly from the UK, USA and Europe, in photographs and brief text prepared by various critics and writers.marina abramovic, louise bourgeois, guerrilla girls, cindy sherman, adrian piper, georgia o'keefe, portraiture, perfomance, political art, tracey emin, hannah hoch -
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Book, Chris Wallace et al, Megalomania 35 years of posters made at Megan Print Studio 1980 - 2013, 2013
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...A visual record of posters made at Megalomania Print Studio, a print collective in Canberra 1980-2013Booknon-fictionA visual record of posters made at Megalomania Print Studio, a print collective in Canberra 1980-2013community, political art, artist unknown, gender, health, environment -
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Book, Judy Horacek, Life on the Edge. Cartoons by Judy Horacek, 1992
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Collected cartoons by Melbourne cartoonist and writer Judy Horacek, who believes "humour is a fantastic way of changing the world." ( from biographical noes). The introduction was written by Dale Spender.booknon-fictionCollected cartoons by Melbourne cartoonist and writer Judy Horacek, who believes "humour is a fantastic way of changing the world." ( from biographical noes). The introduction was written by Dale Spender.political art, community art, indigenous rights, racism, discrimination -
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Book, Elinor W. Gaddon, The Once & Future Goddess. A Sweeping Visual Chronicle of the Sacred Female and Her Reemergence in the Cultural Mythology of our time, 1989
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...An examination of the relationship between representations of ancient and contemporary goddesses, and how they are used by contemporary artists.Booknon-fictionAn examination of the relationship between representations of ancient and contemporary goddesses, and how they are used by contemporary artists.pre-history, spirituality, frida kahlo, judy chicago, religion, mythology, anna mendieta, ritual, sacred at, women's movement -
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Book, Anne Higonnet, Pictures of innocence, the history and crisis of ideal childhood, 1998
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Explores the images childhood - common, sacred, controversial -from the 18th-century portraits to today by Sir Joshua Reynolds to greeting cards by Anne Geddes, from the ambiguous photographs of Lewis Carroll to those of Sally Mann. • Publisher has copyrightExplores the images childhood - common, sacred, controversial -from the 18th-century portraits to today by Sir Joshua Reynolds to greeting cards by Anne Geddes, from the ambiguous photographs of Lewis Carroll to those of Sally Mann. • Publisher has copyright anne geddes, sally mann -
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Book, Gillian Swanson & Patricia Wise, Going for Broke. Women's Participation in the Arts and Cultural Industries, N/A
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Study commissioned by Arts Queensland and the Australia Council in 1994 to address the lack of published information on women's involvement in the arts.BookStudy commissioned by Arts Queensland and the Australia Council in 1994 to address the lack of published information on women's involvement in the arts.regionalism, cultural industraies, equity, professional recognition, indigenous women, multiculturalism -
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Book, Women 150, 150 Victorian Women Artists, 1975
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Compiled by the Visual Arts Committee of Women150 to mark the 150th celebrations for the establishment of state of Victoria in 1985. Represents many established and emerging artists of the time.book non-fictionCompiled by the Visual Arts Committee of Women150 to mark the 150th celebrations for the establishment of state of Victoria in 1985. Represents many established and emerging artists of the time.feminism, painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, textiles -
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Book, Jennifer Isaacs, Aboriginality. Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings & Prints, N/A
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Overview of traditional and urban imagery with each chapter describing the creative philosophies and inspirations behind each artists' works including the spiritual and political. practiceBooknon-fictionOverview of traditional and urban imagery with each chapter describing the creative philosophies and inspirations behind each artists' works including the spiritual and political. practicefiona foley, gorden bennett, ellen jose, heather walker, raymond meeks -
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Book, Barbara Hall and Jenni Mather, Australian Women Photographers 1840 - 1960, 1986
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Arising from research for an exhibition of the same name, which toured Australia 1981- 1982 the book covers the work of 45 amateur and professional photographers and their lives as innovators and travellers. Many of the works come from private collections and have not been previously published.Booknon-fictionArising from research for an exhibition of the same name, which toured Australia 1981- 1982 the book covers the work of 45 amateur and professional photographers and their lives as innovators and travellers. Many of the works come from private collections and have not been previously published.self portraiture, self-portraiture, pictorialism, home magazine, studio photography, melbourne society of women painters and sculptors, olive cotton, ruth hollick -
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Book, Judith Brooks, The Women's Gallery 1988 - 1995, 2019
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...Documents every event in the volunteer-run Women's Gallery, which ran June 1988 until December 1995, in bohemian Brunswick Street Melbourne and showed 119 solo and group exhibitions, and hosted book launches, music and theatre performances, seminars and poetry readings.BOOKnon-fictionDocuments every event in the volunteer-run Women's Gallery, which ran June 1988 until December 1995, in bohemian Brunswick Street Melbourne and showed 119 solo and group exhibitions, and hosted book launches, music and theatre performances, seminars and poetry readings.solo and group exhibitions, spiritual art, political art, portraiture, iwd exhibitions, collaborative prectice, collective practice -
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Book, Somer Brodribb, Nothing Mat(t)ers. A Feminist critique of Postmodernism, 1992
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...A feminist critique of post-modernism to create a new discourse in feminist theory.Book non-fictionA feminist critique of post-modernism to create a new discourse in feminist theory.structuralism, deconstructivism, theory, political art, modernism, feminism -
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Book - Anthology, Gregory Battcock, Idea Art, 1973
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...A survey of theories, practices and documents that outlines the origins of US and European Idea Art of the 1960s and 1970s.non-fictionA survey of theories, practices and documents that outlines the origins of US and European Idea Art of the 1960s and 1970s.idea art, land art, conceptual art, lucy lippard, dore ashton, jonathan benthall, cheryl bernstein, jack burnhan, joseph kosuth, ursula meyer, john perreault, arthur rose, harold rosenberg, seth siegelaub, sol le witt, lawrence weiner, daniel buren, mel bochner, robert hughes -
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Book, Penguin, Nothing If Not Critical, Selected Essays On Art and Artists, 1992
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...A lengthy selection of essays on artists and art movements from a broad selection of historical and contemporary era including Baroque, Renaissance, 19th Century, Pre-Raphaelite, 20th Century, Modernism, Mid-Century, late 20th Century European and American art.Worn cover with clear tapenon-fictionA lengthy selection of essays on artists and art movements from a broad selection of historical and contemporary era including Baroque, Renaissance, 19th Century, Pre-Raphaelite, 20th Century, Modernism, Mid-Century, late 20th Century European and American art.lee krasner, louise bourgeois, elizabeth murray, susan rothenberg -
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Book, David Humphries et al, The Mural Manual. A guide to community murals in Australia, 1982
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...An illustrated survey of public mural projects during the 1970's and 1980's in metropolitan and regional communities including feminist, Trade Union, and Indigenous projects.non-fictionAn illustrated survey of public mural projects during the 1970's and 1980's in metropolitan and regional communities including feminist, Trade Union, and Indigenous projects.murals, trade unions, women's murals, indigenous, urban art, political art, community arts, community arts network, eve glen, carol ruff, sarah macnamarra, barbary o'brien, community arts board, geoff hogg, ann newmarch, merilyn fairskye, catriona moore -
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Book, Harper Collins, Confessions of The Guerilla Girls, 1995
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...An illustrated survey of the work of the Guerrilla Girls with interviews, an essay by Whitney Chadwick, and four pull-out postcards by the Guerrilla Girls.non-fictionAn illustrated survey of the work of the Guerrilla Girls with interviews, an essay by Whitney Chadwick, and four pull-out postcards by the Guerrilla Girls. feminist art, political art, urban art, street art, activism, posters -
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Book, Gay Hawkins, From Nimbin to Mardi Gras. Constructing Community Arts, 1993
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...A study of the field of Community Arts in Australia and the history of the Community Arts Board.non-fictionA study of the field of Community Arts in Australia and the history of the Community Arts Board.community arts, art and working life, community arts board, community arts network, australia council, trade unions, murals, posters, activism, arts funding -
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Book, Evelyn Healy, Artist of the Left. A Personal Experience 1930s to 1990s, 1993
... Women's Art Register Richmond Library, 415 Church Street ...A history of the authors life as an artist, teacher, and political activist in Australia.non-fictionA history of the authors life as an artist, teacher, and political activist in Australia.trade unions, social realism, communist party of australia, peace art, australia council, community arts, art and working life, international co-operation art award, cpa, political cartoons, cabramatta and districts art society, noel counihan, contemporary art society of victoria