{"product_id":"art-gallery-of-ballarat-beating-about-the-bush-catalogue","title":"ART GALLERY OF BALLARAT - BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH CATALOGUE","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEXHIBITION CATALOGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeating About the Bush\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e267 pages\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780947310059 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-full md:col-start-4 md:col-end-10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAustralian landscape images painted \u003cem\u003een plein air\u003c\/em\u003e, or on site, from over 120 years ago still hold a powerful nostalgia for audiences today. Our understanding of the Australian landscape has been shaped by interpretations by the artists loosely grouped as the Australian Impressionists. Artists such as Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Walter Withers offered idealised versions of reality framed by their own experiences and desire to create a new national artform. Female artists associated with the group have been marginalised in art history and in exhibitions. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-full md:col-start-4 md:col-end-10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1980, critic Ian Burn published his essay \u003cem\u003eBeating About The Bush: Landscapes of the Heidelberg School\u003c\/em\u003e in which he proposed a new reading of the land, where understanding the values of the artists was critical to viewing the paintings. Burn was one of the first to put a social lens across the work of these artists. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-full md:col-start-4 md:col-end-10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exhibition brings Art Gallery of Ballarat’s collection of Australian Impressionist landscape paintings together with female photographers who have re-examined the Australian Impressionists and brought a new lens to the Australian landscape.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-full md:col-start-4 md:col-end-10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThemes such as gender, hardship of life in the bush, immigration, urban growth, environmental concerns and the presence of Indigenous peoples are explored through the work of some of Australia’s most exciting contemporary artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"heading-block col-span-full md:col-start-4 md:col-end-10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIncluded artists\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-full md:col-start-4 md:col-end-10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill Ashton, Donna Bailey, AME Bale, Emma Minnie Boyd, Jane Burton, Louis Buvelot, Peta Clancy, Maree Clarke, Charles Conder, Nici Cumpston, Antonio Dattilo Rubbo, David Davies, Tamara Dean, Jessie L Evans, Marion Ferrier, Maude Glover Fleay, Fiona Foley, Emanuel Phillips Fox, Deanne Gilson, Ina Gregory, Stewart Handasyde, Siri Hayes, Hans Heysen, Tom Humphrey, Dianne Jones, Leah King-Smith, Rosemary Laing, Janet Laurence, Lionel Lindsay, Percy Lindsay, William Lister Lister, Sydney Long, John Mather, WB McInnes, Hayley Millar Baker, Josephine Muntz Adams, Girolamo Nerli, Jill Orr, Polixeni Papapetrou, Elizabeth Parsons, John Ford Paterson, Frederick George Reynolds, George Reynolds, Tom Roberts, Jessie Scarvell, Jan Hendrik Scheltema, Clara Southern, Robyn Stacey, Sophie Steffanoni, Jacqui Stockdale, Arthur Streeton, Jane Sutherland, Jo Sweatman, May Vale, Nicole Welch, Walter Withers, Anne Zahalka\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-full relative group grid grid-cols-12 my-8 md:my-16 animate-sectionentry\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-full md:col-start-4 md:col-end-13 border-t border-b border-black\"\u003e\u003ca download=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/agb.flywheelsites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/digital-labels.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative py-4 cursor-pointer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid grid-cols-12 items-end md:items-center\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ART GALLERY OF BALLARAT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41965098139830,"sku":"AGB-BATBC","price":39.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/8727\/0838\/products\/BATBcovershop.jpg?v=1668765049","url":"https:\/\/art-gallery-of-ballarat.myshopify.com\/products\/art-gallery-of-ballarat-beating-about-the-bush-catalogue","provider":"Art Gallery of Ballarat","version":"1.0","type":"link"}