Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1997
Published by: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Year published: 1997
Number of pages: 240
ISBN: 1 875632 53 0
Larger than A4 colour catalogue/238 pages/produced by the gallery for an exhibition
Title:Pictura Britannica - Art From Britain
22 August - 30 November 1997 at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Then tours to: 19 December 1997 - 1 February 1998 at Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; 27 February - 26 April 1998 at City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand. Curator: Bernice Murphy/Catalogue editor: Bernice Murphy. © Museum of Contemporary Art Limited, the artists and authors - Printing: National Capital Printing, Canberra.
Contents:
Director’s Foreword
The British Council’s Foreword
Acknowledgements
Pictura Britannica: scenes, fictions, and deconstructions in contemporary British Art - Bernice Murphy / p.14
As others see us, towards a history of recent art from Britain - Patricia Bickers / p.65
From the top of Slieve Donard - Stephen Snoddy / p.89
Everything equals nothing: The art and ideas of John Latham - John A. Walker / p.100
Art and its networks: A migrant’s tale - Tony Bennet / p.107
Back to my routes: A postscript to the 80’s - Kobena Mercer / p.112
First generation reproduction - David Barrett / p.124
Back to basics: British art and the problems of a global frame - Nikos Papastergiadis / p.128
British art in the 1980’s and 1990’s: The social and political background - Patrick J. Boylan / p.147
The artists / p.161
Text on artists / p.108
Biographies & list of works / p.234
Born, 1966 in Merseyside, England
Born, 1960 in Philidephia, USA
Born, 1970 in Birmingham, England
Born, 1965 in Ayrshire,Scotland
Born, 1960 in Glasgow, Scotland. Died, 2008
Group show at Museum of Contemporary Art 1997
Sydney , Australia