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Tony Tuckson / edited by Denise Mimmocchi.
- Title
- Tony Tuckson / edited by Denise Mimmocchi.
- Publication
- Sydney, Australia : Art Gallery of New South Wales, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- 227 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 27 cm.
- Summary
- "Tony Tuckson's story is not a simple one. He was an artist - arguably Australia's most significant abstract expressionist painter - but he also played a crucial role in shaping the modern art museum in Australia. Tuckson had been painting long before his first solo exhibition in 1970 and although he was a dedicated and serious artist he was a very private one who exhibited rarely. Tuckson began his twenty-three years at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1950 as an attendant. He quickly moved to assistant to the director Hal Missingham, and then to deputy director. For ethical reasons he kept his artistic practice separate, even secret. When his curatorial responsibility shifted to Aboriginal and Oceanic art, he began exhibiting. His first solo exhibition was in 1970 at Watters Gallery in Sydney. At the Art Gallery of New South Wales he introduced: dedicated spaces for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art; electric lighting; a program for the care and documentation of the collection; the ability to show new media art; and spaces for education and general visitor programs; amongst many other things. Once of his greatest legacies is challenging the accepted thinking of the day to see Aboriginal art as 'art' and bring it into the Gallery. With Dr Stuart Scougall, Tuckson spent time in Yirrkala and on Melville Island with Aboriginal artists resulting in the acquisition of a major work - the pukamani poles - which laid the foundation for the Art Gallery of New South Wales's collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. The complexities of this and the active roles of the artists will be revealed."--Art Gallery of New South Wales webiste (accessed 19/12/2018).
- Alternative Title
- Tony Tuckson: the abstract sublime
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Art Gallery of New South Wales > History
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Art museum curators > New South Wales > Biography
- Art museum curators
- Art, Abstract > Australia > Exhibitions
- Art, Abstract
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Painting, Australian > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Painting, Australian
- Painting, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Painting, Modern
- Tuckson, Tony, 1921-1973 > Exhibitions
- Tuckson, Tony, 1921-1973
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Note
- Contributors: Paula Dredge, David Marr, Michael Mel, Steven Miller, Cara Pinchbeck, Leanne Santoro, Aida Tomescu and Pedro Wonaeamirri.
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition "Tony Tuckson: the abstract sublime" held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 November 2018 - 17 February 2018.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Michael Brand -- Tony Tuckson : the art of transformation / Denise Mimmocchi -- Margaret Tuckson : creating a legacy / David Marr -- Going public : Tuckson at Watters Gallery / Leanne Santoro -- Working from the inside out / Paula Dredge -- Fluid construction / Aida Tomescu -- Tuckson artworks -- Turning on the lights : Tuckson at the gallery / Steven Miller -- To be cultured / Cara Pinchbeck -- In pictures : Melville Island (1958) -- Pukumani : letting the world know / Pedro Wonaeamirri -- In pictures : Yirrkala (1959) -- The power of collections : Papua New Guinea / Michael Mel.
- ISBN
- 1741741416
- 9781741741414
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries