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        Women's Art Register
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        Books, Re-Register: Australian Women Sculptors From The Women’s Art Register

        • Re-Register; Australian Women Sculptors from the Women's Art Register

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        Keywords

        • art,
        • women artists,
        • sculpture,
        • contemporary art,
        • exhibition,
        • women’s art register,
        • textiles,
        • julia boros,
        • katve-kaisa kontturi,
        • anna sandy,
        • bonita ely,
        • richmond,
        • australian artists

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        • Book, Helen Ennis et al, Photography and Australia, 2007
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Helen Ennis et al, Photography and Australia, 2007

          Visual and written documentation on photography in Australia and its importance.

          non-fiction

          Visual and written documentation on photography in Australia and its importance.

          racial, political, social, brenda l. croft, leah king-smith, tracey moffat, brook andrew, destiny deacon, rosemary laing, olive cotton, margaret michaelis, ruth maddison, carol jerrems, fiona hall, patricia piccinni, jacky redgate, anne zahalka, pat brassington, anne ferran

        • Book, Fiona Foley et al, The Art of Politics, The Politics of Art: The Place of Indigenous Contemporary Art, 2006
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Fiona Foley et al, The Art of Politics, The Politics of Art: The Place of Indigenous Contemporary Art, 2006

          A collection of essays on Indigenous art in mainstream Australia by international Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics, arts administrators and practising artists.

          non-fiction

          A collection of essays on Indigenous art in mainstream Australia by international Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics, arts administrators and practising artists.

          fiona foley, fiona nicoll, regina ganter, ole maiava, louise martin-chew, anna haebich, franca tamisari, aboriginal art, indigenous architecture

        • Book, Susie Bright et al, Madonnarama: essays on Sex and popular culture, 1993
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Susie Bright et al, Madonnarama: essays on Sex and popular culture, 1993

          A collection of essays from various critics, activists and artists on the phenomenon that is pop-icon Madonna.

          non-fiction

          A collection of essays from various critics, activists and artists on the phenomenon that is pop-icon Madonna.

          susie bright, pat califia, cathay che, bell hooks, kirsten marthe lentz, carol a. queen, queer theory, popular culture

        • Book, British Museum Publications Ltd et al, Looking at Prints, Drawings and Watercolours. A Guide to Technical Terms, 1988
          Women's Art Register

          Book, British Museum Publications Ltd et al, Looking at Prints, Drawings and Watercolours. A Guide to Technical Terms, 1988

          Collection in A-Z of technical terms used for artworks on paper.

          non-fiction

          Collection in A-Z of technical terms used for artworks on paper.

          watercolour, printmaking, drawing, mary delany, beatrix potter

        • Book, Art and Working Life Committee et al, The Heart of the Hospital, 1996
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Art and Working Life Committee et al, The Heart of the Hospital, 1996

          Documentation of the writing, music, and photography by staff at Woden Valley Hospital.

          non-fiction

          Documentation of the writing, music, and photography by staff at Woden Valley Hospital.

          annie bolitho, chrissie shaw, health and safety, art and working life committee

        • Book, Tate Gallery Publishing et al, Postmodernism, 2001
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          Book, Tate Gallery Publishing et al, Postmodernism, 2001

          An illustrated exploration of what postmodernism has come to mean in the context of contemporary art movements in the late nineteenth and twentieth-century.

          non-fiction

          An illustrated exploration of what postmodernism has come to mean in the context of contemporary art movements in the late nineteenth and twentieth-century.

          neo-expressionism, postmodern feminism, postmodern multiculturalism, jenny holzer, sherrie levine, barbara kruger, sarah charlesworth, laurie simmons, cindy sherman, mary kelly, guerrilla girls, lorna simpson

        • Book, Cambridge University Press et al, Minimalism, 1997
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          Book, Cambridge University Press et al, Minimalism, 1997

          An introduction to minimalist painting and sculpture from the USA in the 1960's and 1970's.

          non-fiction

          An introduction to minimalist painting and sculpture from the USA in the 1960's and 1970's.

          minimalism, painting, sculpture, carl andre, dan flavin, donald judd, sol le witt, robert morris, eva hess

        • Book, Evelyn Healy et al, Artist of the Left. A Personal Experience 1930s to 1990s, 1993
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          Book, Evelyn Healy et al, Artist of the Left. A Personal Experience 1930s to 1990s, 1993

          A history of the authors life as an artist, teacher, and political activist in Australia.

          non-fiction

          A 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

        • Book, Gay Hawkins et al, From Nimbin to Mardi Gras. Constructing Community Arts, 1993
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Gay Hawkins et al, From Nimbin to Mardi Gras. Constructing Community Arts, 1993

          A study of the field of Community Arts in Australia and the history of the Community Arts Board.

          non-fiction

          A 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

        • Book, Harper Collins, Confessions of The Guerilla Girls, 1995
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          Book, Harper Collins, Confessions of The Guerilla Girls, 1995

          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-fiction

          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.

          feminist art, political art, urban art, street art, activism, posters

        • Book, David Humphries et al, The Mural Manual. A guide to community murals in Australia, 1982
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          Book, David Humphries et al, The Mural Manual. A guide to community murals in Australia, 1982

          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-fiction

          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.

          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

        • Book, Penguin  et al, Nothing If Not Critical, Selected Essays On Art and Artists, 1992
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          Book, Penguin et al, Nothing If Not Critical, Selected Essays On Art and Artists, 1992

          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 tape

          non-fiction

          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.

          lee krasner, louise bourgeois, elizabeth murray, susan rothenberg

        • Book - Anthology, Gregory Battcock et al, Idea Art, 1973
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          Book - Anthology, Gregory Battcock et al, Idea Art, 1973

          A survey of theories, practices and documents that outlines the origins of US and European Idea Art of the 1960s and 1970s.

          non-fiction

          A 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

        • Against a bright blue sky figures poised on a rocky outcrop dance and  gesture wildly around a central semi-naked figure. Text runs across the top.
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Somer Brodribb et al, Nothing Mat(t)ers. A Feminist critique of Postmodernism, 1992

          A feminist critique of post-modernism to create a new discourse in feminist theory.

          Book

          non-fiction

          A feminist critique of post-modernism to create a new discourse in feminist theory.

          structuralism, deconstructivism, theory, political art, modernism, feminism

        • A woman with her back to us stands on a red field with her upper body against a white sky. Her head and upper torso are covered by a white veil that spreads out to cover the sky on the left. Black text appears on the right .
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          Book, Judith Brooks et al, The Women's Gallery 1988 - 1995, 2019

          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.

          BOOK

          non-fiction

          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.

          solo and group exhibitions, spiritual art, political art, portraiture, iwd exhibitions, collaborative prectice, collective practice

        • Book, Sandy Kirby et al, Sight Lines. Women's Art and Feminist Perspectives in Australia, 1992
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          Book, Sandy Kirby et al, Sight Lines. Women's Art and Feminist Perspectives in Australia, 1992

          Charts the intersection of the women's art movement with women's art, and the increased visibility of women artists from the 1960s into the 1970s in Australia.

          Book

          non-fiction

          Charts the intersection of the women's art movement with women's art, and the increased visibility of women artists from the 1960s into the 1970s in Australia.

          portraiture, feminist art practice, performance art, political art, art and craft, thancoupie, jill orr, vivienne binns, collective art, erica mcgilchrist, mickey allan, ann newmarch

        • In lower third against black background is a white headdress associated with domestic servants or midwives. Text appears in top third.
          Women's Art Register

          Book - Anthology, Joan Kerr and Jo Holder et al, Past Present. The National Women's Art Anthology, N/A

          Essays on feminist art, art history, criticism and museum practices in 1990s Australia by writers, academics, artists.

          non-fiction

          Essays on feminist art, art history, criticism and museum practices in 1990s Australia by writers, academics, artists.

          indigenous art, political art, gender, represenation, museology, photography, installation, graphic design, collaborative practices

        • Black text appears on a yellow background above and below a colourful impressionist image. A bed of various flowers appears in the foreground with semi abstracted figures being.
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Juliet Peers et al, More Than Just Gumtrees. A Personal, Social and Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, 1993

          History of the Society, founded in 1902, told through the stories of three generations of artists. Includes original research, unpublished primary sources and photographs and over 300 biographies of members.

          Book

          non-fiction

          History of the Society, founded in 1902, told through the stories of three generations of artists. Includes original research, unpublished primary sources and photographs and over 300 biographies of members.

          china painting, portraiture, self-portraiture, flower painting, sculpture, print making, art and craft

        • Book, Barbara Hall and Jenni Mather et al, Australian Women Photographers 1840 - 1960, 1986
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          Book, Barbara Hall and Jenni Mather et al, Australian Women Photographers 1840 - 1960, 1986

          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.

          Book

          non-fiction

          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.

          self portraiture, self-portraiture, pictorialism, home magazine, studio photography, melbourne society of women painters and sculptors, olive cotton, ruth hollick

        •  A bright yellow background with black text on the top and bottom. A central image shows the sun with rays extending across the water to a grassy bank where people are sitting at the fire, cooking goanna. Two big trees frame the activities.
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Jennifer Isaacs et al, Aboriginality. Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings & Prints, N/A

          Overview of traditional and urban imagery with each chapter describing the creative philosophies and inspirations behind each artists' works including the spiritual and political. practice

          Book

          non-fiction

          Overview of traditional and urban imagery with each chapter describing the creative philosophies and inspirations behind each artists' works including the spiritual and political. practice

          fiona foley, gorden bennett, ellen jose, heather walker, raymond meeks

        • On a white background are floating areas of red, yellow and blue over which a black highly stylised face appears above art making tools and steps. Text runs along top and bottom of image.
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Women 150, 150 Victorian Women Artists, 1975

          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-fiction

          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.

          feminism, painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, textiles

        • Book, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, In the Company of Women. 100 Years of Australian Women's Art from the Cruthers Collection, 1995
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, In the Company of Women. 100 Years of Australian Women's Art from the Cruthers Collection, 1995

          Book

        • Book, Gillian Swanson & Patricia Wise et al, Going for Broke. Women's Participation in the Arts and Cultural Industries, N/A
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Gillian Swanson & Patricia Wise et al, Going for Broke. Women's Participation in the Arts and Cultural Industries, N/A

          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.

          Book

          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.

          regionalism, cultural industraies, equity, professional recognition, indigenous women, multiculturalism

        • Book, Joan Kerr et al, Heritage. The National Women's Art Book, 1995
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Joan Kerr et al, Heritage. The National Women's Art Book, 1995

          500 works of art by 500 Australian women from colonial times to 1955 with images and commentaries on each work prepared by by 200 curators, critics, family member or the artists herself. Includes images of many works which may never have been reproduced. A biographical section comprises concise entries on these artists.

          Book

          non-fiction

          500 works of art by 500 Australian women from colonial times to 1955 with images and commentaries on each work prepared by by 200 curators, critics, family member or the artists herself. Includes images of many works which may never have been reproduced. A biographical section comprises concise entries on these artists.

          colonial art, craft, competitions, portraiture, furniture, sculpture, indigenous art, museology

        • A bright pink cover with black vertical lines running down left side . A black and white image of a 19th century child with an inset of a more contemporary girl sits below yellow and black text.
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Anne Higonnet et al, Pictures of innocence, the history and crisis of ideal childhood, 1998

          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 copyright

          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 copyright

          anne geddes, sally mann

        • A burgundy cover with gold text above and white text below an image of a painterly winged symbol with a floating figure holding a fish on the left and a bird and a goat on the right.
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Elinor W. Gaddon et al, The Once & Future Goddess. A Sweeping Visual Chronicle of the Sacred Female and Her Reemergence in the Cultural Mythology of our time, 1989

          An examination of the relationship between representations of ancient and contemporary goddesses, and how they are used by contemporary artists.

          Book

          non-fiction

          An 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

        • Book, Judy Horacek et al, Life on the Edge. Cartoons by Judy Horacek, 1992
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Judy Horacek et al, Life on the Edge. Cartoons by Judy Horacek, 1992

          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.

          book

          non-fiction

          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.

          political art, community art, indigenous rights, racism, discrimination

        • Book, Chris Wallace et al, Megalomania 35 years of posters made at Megan Print Studio 1980 - 2013, 2013
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Chris Wallace et al, Megalomania 35 years of posters made at Megan Print Studio 1980 - 2013, 2013

          A visual record of posters made at Megalomania Print Studio, a print collective in Canberra 1980-2013

          Book

          non-fiction

          A visual record of posters made at Megalomania Print Studio, a print collective in Canberra 1980-2013

          community, political art, artist unknown, gender, health, environment

        • Book, Uta Grosenick et al, Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century, 2003
          Women's Art Register

          Book, Uta Grosenick et al, Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century, 2003

          Individual focus on 47 women artists, predominantly from the UK, USA and Europe, in photographs and brief text prepared by various critics and writers.

          book

          Individual 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

        • An image of a white apron with folded arms across the top and script running down the left side of the apron is placed within a red background with white and black text below.
          Women's Art Register

          Book - Anthology, Katy Deepwell et al, New Feminist Art Criticism, 1995

          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.

          Book

          non-fiction

          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.

          theory, psychoanalytic theory, modernism, curatorship, museology, censorship, hierarchy of media, feminist pedagogy, education, performance art

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