| Description |
75 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Twenty-one metamorphoses for Bill Henson / Michael Heyward -- List of illustrations -- Bill Henson: exhibition checklist |
| Summary |
His powerful and edgy images approach the painterly and the cinematic, bringing formal and classical qualities to the gritty, casual dramas of the everyday. This publication presents a selection of images, compiled by the artist, that range from sublime landscapes and nudes to classical sculpture shown in museum settings, all heightened by the velvet-like blackness of the shadows and the striking use of chiaroscuro to selectively obscure and reveal form. Henson's nudes portray his subjects as self-contained, focused on internal reveries; his landscapes are photographed at twilight, underscoring the transitional mood of the moment; and his museum images juxtapose graceful marble statues against the transfixed visitors observing them. Beautiful, enigmatic and unforgettable, Henson's images enliven our own sense of being |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Catalogue of an exhibition held at NGV International, Melbourne, 10 March - 27 August 2017 and the Art Gallery of Western Australia, 16 September - 11 December 2017 |
| Subject |
Henson, Bill, 1955- -- Exhibitions.
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Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Australian -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Heyward, Michael, 1959- author
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National Gallery of Victoria, issuing body
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Art Gallery of Western Australia, host institution
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| ISBN |
9781925432367 : |
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