Wicked But Virtuous

Name: Wicked But Virtuous
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780140294835
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My Life

By Mirka Mora

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In Wicked But Virtuous by Mirka Mora, the renowned French-Australian artist invites readers into her world with an engaging blend of personal anecdotes and reflections. Mora captures her life experiences with vivid storytelling, highlighting her artistic journey, friendships, and the vibrant bohemian lifestyle she embraced. This memoir paints a colourful portrait of a unique life, filled with artistic passion and cultural exploration.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the colourful and creative life of an artist who has profoundly impacted Australian culture. Rich in personal anecdotes and reflections, it offers a window into the vibrant world and experiences of Mirka Mora, capturing her unique spirit and the passion that fuelled her art.

Wicked But Virtuous

Few artists in Australia are held in such affectionate esteem as Mirka Mora. Even fewer have had such an amazing life.

Written with great passion, this book is a unique insight into the way an artist works and the way in which life feeds art.

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Few artists in Australia are held in such affectionate esteem as Mirka Mora. Even fewer have had such an amazing life. Narrowly avoiding Auschwitz during the Second World War, she and her husband Georges settled in Melbourne, where their landmark café-restaurants became a magnet for artists, writers and intellectuals - a slice of Paris's Left Bank in an otherwise staid and provincial city.

Both were also pivotal in the establishment of the acclaimed Museum of Modern Art at Heide.

No conventional autobiography, Wicked But Virtuous is a delightfully eccentric account of a life lived to the utmost. It celebrates the highs and lows of Mirka's bohemian existence, her work, lovers, family, and the rich array of characters who were drawn into her world by her wisdom, generosity and outrageousness.

Written with great passion, this book is a unique insight into the way an artist works and the way in which life feeds art.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140294835

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2002

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 298g

Pages: 304

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Biography & Memoir Mirka Mora Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Mirka Mora was born in Paris in 1928 and moved to Melbourne in 1951, where she soon made a name for herself in what was then a very male-dominated art world. She uses a wide range of media and her work features strongly in the permanent collection of Melbourne's Museum of Modern Art at Heide. For many years she has conducted workshops in painting, soft sculpture and mosaics, where countless Australians have learned from her unique approach to teaching art. In 2002 Mirka Mora was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and Communication. She lives in a studio in Richmond.