The critic's part
Subtitle: Wystan Curnow art writings 1971-2013
By: edited by Christina Barton and Robert Leonard ; with Thomasin Sleigh
Contributors: Barton, Christina, editor of compilation; Leonard, Robert, editor of compilation; Sleigh, Thomasin, 1983- editor of compilation; Adam Art Gallery; Victoria University Press; Institute of Modern Art (Brisbane, Qld.)
Publisher: Adam Art Gallery, Te Pātaka Toi; in association with Victoria University Press; Institute of Modern Art; Victoria University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Wellington, New Zealand; Brisbane, QLD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780864739322
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: New Zealand Art; New Zealand Painting; Artists
Description: "Wystan Curnow is New Zealand's longest-serving and, arguably, most important art critic. This edited collection brings together a selection of his art writings from 1971 to 2013 to provide the first comprehensive overview of his practice. Selectively drawing on his considerable ouput, the publication features Curnow's long form essays that investigate the stakes for 'high culture' in a 'small province' like New Zealand; major essays on key artists including Len Lye, Colin McCahon, Billy Apple, Stephen Bambury, Max Gimblett, and Imants Tillers; vivid reports on the contemporary art scene; catalogue essays and short reviews that offer insightful readings of art and artists in all their material and conceptual specificity. Both a map of contemporary theory and practice and a cogent agenda for thinking through the implications and challenges of making art here, this compilation is an essential companion for anyone interested in New Zealand art as it has unfolded since 1970."--Publisher's website.
Notes: "Encompasses texts written over more than forty years for very different contexts, occasions, and audiences"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.