{"product_id":"countess-spoiling-illusions-since-2008-melinda-rackham-elvis-richardson","title":"CoUNTess: SPOILING ILLUSIONS SINCE 2008 - MELINDA RACKHAM \u0026 ELVIS RICHARDSON","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoft cover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e236 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e40page gallery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20 x 28 x 1.2 cm\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780645406801\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a book about data - data which exposes the inequity of gender representation in the Australian visual arts sector and the history and impact of the CoUNTess data collection and analysis project. It is also a book about the lives of women artists, writers and academics navigating an asymmetrical art world, where the odds are statistically weighted against them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoUNTess is a uniquely Australian project which calls out gender inequity in the art world with biting humour backed by decades of data. Boldly and insightfully written by Melinda Rackham and Elvis Richardson, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoUNTess: Spoiling Illusions Since 2008\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers insights and actions for change. Statistical analysis and cultural and feminist theory chart how the education of artists, the role of galleries and museums, art prizes, magazines, curators, collectors and philanthropists contribute to an art world where women miss out. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom original cheeky anonymous CoUNTess Blog posts to today's collaborative Countess.Report collective interventions, this is vital reading. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesigned by Elliott Bryce Foulkes and Maria Smit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Gallery of Ballarat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44408086790326,"sku":"9780645406801","price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/8727\/0838\/files\/9780645406801.jpg?v=1765235264","url":"https:\/\/art-gallery-of-ballarat.myshopify.com\/products\/countess-spoiling-illusions-since-2008-melinda-rackham-elvis-richardson","provider":"Art Gallery of Ballarat","version":"1.0","type":"link"}