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The Art of Australia

Edmund Capon

Tim Lambert

Louise Turley

The Art of Australia: Episode 2: Coming of Age

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How 20th-century Australian art evolved against the backdrop of two world wars.

Exploring how Australian art evolved in the first half of the 20th century against the backdrop of two world wars and finally arrived on the world stage.

Edmund Capon explores how Australian art evolved in the first half of the 20th century against the backdrop of two world wars. As modern artists expressed both the dreams and demons of this new nation, they met with decades of disapproval from the old guard, until they finally revolutionised Australian art and heralded its arrival on the world stage.

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Exploring the story of Australian art through the country's rich cultural traditions.

Former director and chief curator of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon explores the story of Australian art through the country's rich cultural traditions stretching back 30,000 years.

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