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.
Introduction: The Australian Art Field — Fractures and Frictions
Deborah Stevenson, Tony Bennett, Fred Myers and Tamara Winikoff
Part 1: Framing the Arts
Introduction: Tony Bennett
1. The Australian Visual Arts Exhibitionary Complex - Terry Smith
2. Mona and the Political-Cultural Economy of Independent Galleries - Adrian Franklin
3. On the Possibility of Another Australian Art History - Rex Butler and A.D.S. Donaldson
4. ‘Craftsperson’, ‘Artist’, ‘Designer’: Problematising the ‘Art Versus Commerce’ Divide Within Australian Creative Fields Today - Susan Luckman
5. Feminist Effects: Australian Visual Artists Past, Present, Future - Julie Ewington
6. Australian Working-Class Art Field: Its Making and Unmaking - Tony Moore
7. Liking Australian Art, Liking Australian Culture - Tony Bennett and Modesto Gayo
Part 2: Governance, Institutions and the Social
Introduction: Deborah Stevenson
8. Cultural Policy in Australia: Key Themes in the Governance of the Arts - Deborah Stevenson
9. Experiments with Arts Institutions: The Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation and Frontyard - Laura Fisher and Alexandra Crosby
10. Art Education and the Maker Movement: Identity, Wellbeing, Community, and Entrepreneurship - Kylie Budge
11. Why We Need to Talk about Race in the Arts or the Limits of Aspirational Diversity - Rimi Khan
12. Artist Activism in a Cultural Policy Void - Cecelia Cmielewski
13. Gaming the Data: The Evaluation of Cultural Activities and the Tensions for Public Policy - Hilary Glow and Katya Johanson
14. Arguing Value: Attitudes and Activism - Tamara Winikoff
Part 3: Indigenous Art
Introduction: Fred Myers
15. The Work of Art: Hope, Disenchantment and Indigenous Art in Australia - Fred Myers
16.Indigenising the Australian Artworld: National Culture and State Sovereignty - Ian McLean
17.Approaching the Sovereign: From Art Centres to Art Fairs - Jennifer Biddle
18.Indigenous Curatorial Interpellations: Insistence and Refusal - Stephen Gilchrist
Part Four: Artist's Voices
Introduction: Tamara Winikoff
19.Danie Mellor: Speaking of an Unquiet Country
20 Julie Gough: Testing the Ground: Art and ‘Difficult’ Histories
21 Hossein Valamanesh: In Between
22 Julie Shiels: Cultural Democracy in Action
23 Julie Rrap: Body Disclosures
24 Ben Quilty: Labour and Ritual
25 Deborah Kelly: Futile Fighting, Fanciful Folly
