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Dreamhome

stories of art and shelter
By Justin Paton
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Dreamhome by Justin Paton explores the intriguing world of modern residential architecture, delving into the relationship between design, art, and cultural expectations. The book combines vivid narrative with stunning visuals to illustrate how homes can reflect personal dreams and societal influences while fostering a sense of identity and place. It's a rich exploration of the art that shapes our living spaces and inspires our lifestyles.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a passion for understanding how art and architecture blend to shape our living spaces. It offers an insightful exploration into the creative process and the emotional and aesthetic considerations that go into designing a home that feels uniquely personal and inspiring.

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Published in association with the exhibition of the same name held 3 December 2022-27 August 2023 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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Justin Paton is an award-winning and extensively published author and highly regarded art curator. In his evocative style and over the seven chapters, Paton investigates a place we all have a stake in—from houses of memory to upturned houses, from haunted houses to light houses, from intimate spaces of shelter to optimistic future communities.

Home is a powerful word. It means many things to many people.
Home can be the house you return to each night. It can be a distant country.
Home can be the voices and presence of loved ones. Or the vulnerable planet we live on.
Home can be a memory, a place in the past.
Or a future place you dream of discovering.
When we tell stories of home, we tell our own stories.
Home is a place we all have a stake in.

Richly illustrated, Dreamhome brings together artworks by 26 artists from around the world, as well as diverse contextual imagery which includes family photographs, film stills, architectural drawings, and historical records.

This unique and engagingly written book reveals how some of today's most exciting artists are reimagining the idea of home for our unsettled times.

Artists include: Hoda Afshar (Iran/Australia); Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan (Philippines/Australia); Igshaan Adams (South Africa); Phyllida Barlow (UK); Zarina Hashmi (India/USA); Simone Leigh (USA); Tracey Moffatt (Australia); Michael Parekowhai (NZ); John Prince Siddon (Australia/Walmajarri).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781741741612

Publisher: Art Gallery of New South Wales

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 July 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Art Gallery of New South Wales

Illustration: 140 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 1180g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Justin Paton is head curator of international art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. A widely published writer and commentator on the visual arts, his publications include the award-winning How to look at a painting (2005) and McCahon Country [on artist Colin McCahon] (2019), as well as many monographs on artists including Jude Rae, Ricky Swallow, Jeffrey Harris and Julia Morison. Paton was recently co-curator of Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou and led the Art Gallery's acclaimed COVID-response digital project Together In Art. He is currently working on the opening program for the Sydney Modern Project, the contemporary expansion of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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