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Reflections on Australianism

出版	Rebecca Wilson, 2019-09-16
主題	Art / GeneralHistory / Australia & New Zealand
ISBN	06468088859780646808888
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ekz9yQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Reflections on Australianism is a document that revisits Rebecca Wilson's exhibition entitled Australianism held at Mary Place Gallery in Paddington, 2007. Reflections on Australianism looks through a 2019 lens at the issues traversed within Wilson's paintings which are still relevant nearly 13 years later.This collection of images, research and observations by the artist, reflects on Wilson's social commentary paintings of the mid 2000's, (including her Blake Prize Finalist piece of 2007 - Ned's Burqa) and her subsequent bodies of work investigating similar themes of heroes, villains, icons and identity.Through her Australianism narrative she asks questions about Australia's identity and with humour, she challenges our notions of who we are and what is happening in our society. Her use of humour and the familiar invites the viewer to contemplate the more serious themes underlying these seemingly entertaining images. After a period of time living and working overseas the artist returned to Australia and was surprised by a noticeable shift in our society. Various local events such as the Children Overboard Incident, NT Intervention and the Cronulla Riots revealed a very different Australia emerging from the shadows.In a world that changed enormously post the 911 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Wilson refers to a climate of fear that has continuesd to influence our society, government policies and our approach to humanity since that time and considers it important to be able to laugh at ourselves in an effort to understand what is going on around us and create change.'Humour is important to me. I think it helps us to diffuse and assimilate concepts, especially when things are hard to identify, digest, understand, witness or change.'