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Present Tense

Anna Schwartz Gallery and Thirty-Five Years of Contemporary Australian Art
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Present Tense offers a vivid and revealing exploration of thirty-five years in Melbourne's and Australia's art scene, centred on the internationally acclaimed Anna Schwartz Gallery and its founder. Beginning with United Artists in St Kilda and tracing the gallery's moves to City Gallery and then to 185 Flinders Lane, the book chronicles the gallery's pivotal role in promoting contemporary and challenging artworks. Filled with hundreds of archival photographs, interviews, and historical vignettes, it captures the rich cultural tapestry shaped by immigrants and key figures within Australia's artistic community, culminating in a compelling narrative that spans local to global art world engagements.
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This elegant, cloth-bound volume with full-colour images is ideal for readers interested in Australian art and culture, gallery history, and the development of contemporary art scenes. It will also appeal to those fascinated by cultural history and the stories behind influential figures in the arts.

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A compelling account of an Australian cultural icon, capturing a fascinating period in Melbourne and Australian art and culture.

This vivid and revealing account of thirty-five years of art and history revolves around the locus of the internationally renowned Anna Schwartz Gallery and its eponymous founder. Beginning in St Kilda with United Artists, visionary gallerist Anna Schwartz relocated to City Gallery at 45 Flinders Lane before Anna Schwartz Gallery found its current location at 185 Flinders Lane in 1993. Present Tense captures Schwartz, known for her steadfast promotion of the contemporary and the challenging, alongside the inimitable roster of artists that her gallery represents, and the key figures of Australian art and culture.

The visually stunning volume combines historical vignettes, interviews, and hundreds of archival photographs and artworks. Told with wit and verve, it reveals a story that arcs from the journeys of immigrants who make up Australia's rich cultural life to the local artistic scenes of Melbourne to the global stage of the art world. Present Tense is an elegant cloth-bound volume featuring full-colour images throughout and a magnificent portrait of Anna Schwartz by artist Jenny Watson on the spine.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760641702

Publisher: Black Inc.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 November 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: Black Inc.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 53.0mm

Width: 181.0mm

Height: 238.0mm

Weight: 1548g

Pages: 464

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