Bill Henson / Michael Heyward
- Bib ID:
- 7329577
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Henson, Bill, 1955-, photographer
- Description:
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- Melbourne, Victoria : National Gallery of Victoria, 2017
- ©2017
- 75 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 31 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781925432367
- Summary:
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His powerful and edgy images approach the painterly and the cinematic, bringing formal and classical qualities to the gritty, casual dramas of the everyday. This publication presents a selection of images, compiled by the artist, that range from sublime landscapes and nudes to classical sculpture shown in museum settings, all heightened by the velvet-like blackness of the shadows and the striking use of chiaroscuro to selectively obscure and reveal form. Henson's nudes portray his subjects as self-contained, focused on internal reveries; his landscapes are photographed at twilight, underscoring the transitional mood of the moment; and his museum images juxtapose graceful marble statues against the transfixed visitors observing them. Beautiful, enigmatic and unforgettable, Henson's images enliven our own sense of being.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword
- Twenty-one metamorphoses for Bill Henson / Michael Heyward
- List of illustrations
- Bill Henson: exhibition checklist.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Exhibited:
- Catalogue of an exhibition held at NGV International, Melbourne, 10 March - 27 August 2017 and the Art Gallery of Western Australia, 16 September - 11 December 2017
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2069 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1999
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1992
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