Printed: Images by Australian artists 1942 — 2020 traces the history of printmaking by Australian artists during an era of dramatic changes in Australian society and the visual arts. Arranged in three sections, it begins with the innovative wartime policy initiatives of the Commonwealth. Reconstruction Scheme which laid the groundwork for crucial development in the arts. In this period emigre artists and Australian artists returning home helped established printmaking societies, art galleries and publishers — which underpinned the growing popularity of this most democratic of art forms.
The second section explores the rise of political and social posters, which became one of the most dynamic forms of print practice in the 1970s and 1980s, and prints by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists which have been at the forefront of Australian art since the 1970s. The book’s final section discusses the continuing responses by printmakers to key concerns of our time, focusing on the themes of land and identity.
The author –
Roger Butler joined the National Gallery of Australia in 1981 as the inaugural Curator of Australian Prints, Posters and Illustrated Books. The Department was amalgamated with that of Australian Drawings, Watercolours and Sketchbooks in 1997 and he became Senior Curator of Australian Prints and Drawings. During his years at the National Gallery Roger Butler established the foremost collection of prints, posters and book arts of the Australasian region.
Roger Butler has written widely on Australian prints, curated exhibitions and lectured on the subject as well as participating in arts organisations. He has written a three volume history of printmaking in Australia: Printed images in colonial Australia 1801-1901 (2007), Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955 (2007), and most recently Printed: Images by Australian Artists 1942-2020 (2021).
ISBN 9780642334930
Roger Butler | National Gallery of Australia | September, 2021 | Hardback | 432 pages | 24 x 29cm
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