OPEN TODAY TIL 7 PM. NEW IN THE BOOKSHOP: THE SECRET OF AUSTRALIAN ART by REX BUTLER (2002) In April 2000, the Australian art critic Rex Butler was invited to present a series of lectures to students and members of the public at Metro Arts, Brisbane. Now out of print, Rex Butler's "The Secret of Australian Art" compiles these lectures, offering insight into what a critic does and introduces issues of interest in contemporary Australian art, such themes as the problem of irony in post-modern art, the relation of art to everyday life and recent post-colonial approaches in Australian art history and Aboriginal art, illustrated with case studies. Full contents: Lecture 1. Camp: The rise and fall of the smile; The case of Michael Stevenson Lecture 2. The Real: 'Every Day', the task of mourning; The case of Dale Frank; The case of Richard Dunn Lecture 3. Abstraction: The anamorphic monochrome; The case of John Nixon Lecture 4. The Feminine: Radical revisionism; The case of Merilyn Fairskye Lecture 5. Post-Colonialism: Australian art history and revisionism; The case of Augustus Earle Lecture 6. Aboriginality: 'Bright Shadows': art, aboriginality and aura; The case of Kathleen Petyarre. Includes bibliographical references and index. One copy in our bookshop today and via our website. #worldfoodbooks #rexbutler #johnaslanidis #georgetjungurrayi #emilykngwarreye (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)