Daphne Mayo: Let There Be Sculpture Subject / Asia Pacific Art through to activism and reconciliation

through to activism and reconciliation

As the work crosses vast physical

Readers are given practical insights into the ideas and techniques of a wide range of historical and contemporary masters so they can put it all into practice themselves

artists from Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun to Angelica Kauffman express both passion for their craft and the idea of femininity

Angelica Mesiti: A Communion of Stranger Gestures is the first significant publication dedicated to chronicling the practice of one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists

Daphne Mayo: Let There Be Sculpture Subject / Asia Pacific Art through to activism and reconciliationDaphne Mayo (18951982) was Australias leading woman sculptor of the mid twentieth century and a passionate advocate of the visual arts. She created some of Brisbanes grandest monuments, notably the Brisbane City Hall tympanum and the Queensland Womens War Memorial at Anzac Square. This richly illustrated publication accompanies the first retrospective exhibition by a state gallery of Mayos work and explores the artists remarkable career her series of