| ISBN |
9781760760038 (hardback) |
| Title |
Polixeni Papapetrou / series editor Natalie King. |
| Published |
Port Melbourne, Victoria : Thames & Hudson Australia, 2019. |
| ©2019 |
| Description |
95 pages : illustrations (mostly colour), photographs (mostly colour), 21 cm. |
| Notes |
"Flowers, daughters, the depths of despair - the beauty of Poli Papapetrou's work lives on in this posthumous publication" --Back cover. |
| Summary |
A new series of monographs on Australian female artists, selected with series editor Natalie King, curator and Enterprise Professor at the Victorian College of the Arts. These books are compact yet perfectly formed. They comprise 96 pages of the artists favourite works designed for optimum visual impact and to reach anyone who is inspired by art and beauty. Polixeni Papapetrou (1960-2018) was born in Melbourne to Greek immigrants. Her childhood experience of feeling like an outsider in a then predominantly Anglo-Saxon culture led her to question definitions of identity. Her sympathy for otherness remained a key element of her life and work. As a photomedia artist, her images explored the relationship between history, contemporary culture and identity. Her photographs of children dressing up, performing and wearing masks sought to explore the portrayal of childhood identity. |
| Subjects |
Papapetrou, Polixeni, -- 1960-2018 |
| Women artists -- Australia |
| Artists -- Australia |
| Photography, Artistic -- 21st century -- Australia |
| Art, Australian -- 21st century |
| Other Names |
King, Natalie, 1966- series editor. |
| Series |
Mini monographs |
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