ABSTRACT

    This book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to take stock of the frictions generated by a tumultuous time in the Australian art field and to probe what the crises might mean for the future of the arts in Australia.

    Specific topics include national and international art markets; art practices in their broader social and political contexts; social relations and institutions and their role in contemporary Australian art; the policy regimes and funding programmes of Australian governments; and national and international art markets. In addition, the collection will pay detailed attention to the field of indigenous art and the work of Indigenous artists.

    This book will be of interest to scholars in contemporary art, art history, cultural studies, and Indigenous peoples.

    chapter |12 pages

    Introduction

    The Australian Art Field – Frictions and Futures

    part 1|102 pages

    Framing the Arts

    part |100 pages

    Introduction

    chapter 4|14 pages

    ‘Craftsperson’, ‘Artist’, ‘Designer’

    Problematising the ‘Art Versus Commerce’ Divigde Within Australian Creative Fields Today

    chapter 5|13 pages

    Feminist Effects

    Australian Visual Artists Past, Present, Future

    chapter 6|15 pages

    Australian Working-Class Art Field

    Its Making and Unmaking

    part 2|92 pages

    Governance, Institutions, and the Social

    part |90 pages

    Introduction

    chapter 8|12 pages

    Cultural Policy in Australia

    Key Themes in the Governance of the Arts

    chapter 9|15 pages

    Experiments with Arts Institutions

    The Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation and Frontyard

    chapter 10|12 pages

    Art Education and the Maker Movement

    Identity, Wellbeing, Community, and Entrepreneurship

    chapter 13|12 pages

    Gaming the Data

    The Evaluation of Arts Activities and the Tensions for Public Policy

    chapter 14|12 pages

    Arguing Value

    Attitudes and Activism

    part 3|60 pages

    Indigenous Art

    part |58 pages

    Introduction

    chapter 15|13 pages

    The Work of Art

    Hope, Disenchantment, and Indigenous Art in Australia

    chapter 16|13 pages

    Indigenising the Australian Artworld

    National Culture and State Sovereignty

    chapter 17|15 pages

    Approaching the Sovereign

    From Art Centres to Art Fairs

    chapter 18|15 pages

    Indigenous Curatorial Interpellations

    Insistence and Refusal

    part 4|48 pages

    Artists’ Voices

    part |46 pages

    Introduction

    chapter 19|6 pages

    Speaking of an Unquiet Country

    chapter 21|6 pages

    In Between

    chapter 22|6 pages

    Cultural Democracy in Action

    chapter 23|6 pages

    Body Disclosures

    chapter 24|5 pages

    Labour and Ritual

    chapter 25|7 pages

    Futile Fighting, Fanciful Folly