Making Time The Art of John Corbett 1974-2012 |
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| Editor:
| Camm, Anthony |
| Text by:
| Camm, Anthony |
| Artist:
| Corbett, John |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9871267-2-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1913 |
| Publisher: | Ararat Regional Art Gallery
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $4.00 |
Book Description:
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John Corbett is a pioneering contemporary Australian fibre art who has made his mark through an innovative use of materials and techniques in wall works and sculpture since the early 1970s. He is the most comprehensively represented artist in the collection of the Ararat Regional Art Gallery.
'Making Time' traces the artist's development from off-loom weaving in the 1970s to deeply personal and political text based textiles and sculptures of the 1980s and 1990s, including those which...
More DescriptionJohn Corbett is a pioneering contemporary Australian fibre art who has made his mark through an innovative use of materials and techniques in wall works and sculpture since the early 1970s. He is the most comprehensively represented artist in the collection of the Ararat Regional Art Gallery.
'Making Time' traces the artist's development from off-loom weaving in the 1970s to deeply personal and political text based textiles and sculptures of the 1980s and 1990s, including those which poignantly and pointedly address the AIDS crisis.
John Corbett's art was forged during the heady era of experimentation in the 1970s when an 'anything goes' approach to materials and form was emerging in reaction to high modernism. This exhibition explores the artistic and social context and rich sources of influence which have forged his unique visual language.