Contemporary Australian drawing #1

By Janet McKenzie ; with contributions by Irene Barberis and Christopher Heathcote. Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2012. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 239, illustrated. New copy of an out of print title.

‘Janet McKenzie visited Australia in 2008 to update her research and exercise a global perspective on the current state of drawing in this country. Her book introduces works by 78 selected artists from across the country. They include prominent figures such as Peter Booth, Allan Mitelman, John Olsen, Mirka Mora, Mike Parr, Kevin Lincoln, Jenny Watson, Jan Senbergs and Wendy Stavrianos, among many others. Recognition of the importance of drawing has sometimes wavered in recent times, but most artists would agree that drawing, in whatever medium and however it is executed, is an essential process in the development of ideas leading to creative outcomes. Often, as art history suggests and this book demonstrates, drawing can be an art in and of itself. This timely account of the art of drawing in Australia is lavishly illustrated and will have wide appeal.’

This work includes chapters on the following artists:

• Andrew Antoniou
• Raymond Arnold
• Irene Barberis
• John Beard
• Gordon Bennett
• Peter Booth
• Marion Borgelt
• G.W. Bot
• Godwin Bradbeer
• Roger Byrt
• Cressida Campbell
• Jon Cattapan
• Dadang Christanto
• Justin Tjungurrayi Corby
• Greg Creek
• Elizabeth Cross
• Culture Kitchen
• Ken Done
• Julie Dowling
• Janenne Eaton
• Michael Esson
• David Fairbairn
• Garry Foye
• Graham Fransella
• Helen Geier
• George Gittoes
• Virginia Grayson
• Pam Hallandal
• Nicholas Harding
• Euan Heng
• Patrick Henigan
• Philip Hunter
• Amy Jirwulurr Johnson
• Ellen Jose
• Lily Karedada
• William Kelly
• Deborah Klein
• Janet Laurence
• Kevin Lincoln
• Noel McKenna
• Bea Maddock
• Hilarie Mais
• Victor Majzner
• Jeffrey Makin
• Mandy Martin
• Helen Maudsley
• John Mawurndjul
• Jennifer Mills
• Allan Mitelman
• Mirka Mora
• John Olsen
• Adrian Page
• Mike Parr
• Stieg Persson
• Kathleen Poliness
• John Pratt
• Bernhard Sachs
• Jorg Schmeisser
• Jan Senbergs
• Vivienne Shark le Witt
• Wendy Stavrianos
• Guy Stuart
• Wilma Tabacco
• Ann Thomson
• Alick Tipoti
• Sarah Tomasetti
• Aida Tomescu
• Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
• Patrick Tjungurrayi
• Jenny Watson
• Judy Watson
• Guan Wei
• Gosia Wlodarczak
• John Wolseley
• Margaret Woodward
• Helen Wright