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Beyond Australia

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Edmund Capon explores how, from the 1960s onwards, Australia and its art went global, with indigenous art becoming modern Australia's recognisable calling card.

Edmund Capon explores how, from the 1960s onwards, Australia and its art went global. Transformed into a migrant nation, Australia's dependence on Britain and Europe ended and artists and nation alike turned their attention to America and then Asia. And it was the world's most ancient art form, indigenous art from the heart of the continent, that would become modern Australia's instantly recognisable calling card.

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Mon 21 Aug 2017 02:40
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Artworks featured in this episode

  • 'Anak Byan' (1957)

  • 'Spanish Encounter' (1960) John Olsen

  • 'Silver and Grey' (late 1960s)

  • 'Wrapped Coast' (1969) Christo & Jeanne Claude
  • 'Interior with Black Rabbit' (1973)
  • 'Alchemy' (1973)

  • 'Kundaagi' (1962)Β David Yirawala

  • 'Central Australian Landscape' (1950s) Albert Namatjira

  • 'Three Dreamings' (1984)Β Michael Nelson Tjakamarra

  • 'Qantas Plane' (1995) John Moriaty

  • 'Civilised' (2012) Michael Cook

  • 'Untitled #30' (2012) Bill Henson

  • 'Bulletproof Glass' (2002) Rosemary Laing

  • 'Snake' (1970)

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Presenter Edmund Capon
Director Tim Lambert
Director Louise Turley

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