Legitimate landscapes: repositioning regional art production

This thesis employs art history and critical ethnography to examine contemporary art production in the South West of Western Australia. Responding to a paucity of publications and critique, and a claim the art scene is ‘folksy’ and ‘not up-to speed’ with metropolitan art scenes, I argue that ‘being...

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Main Author: McGirr, Diana Rosemary
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48488
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description This thesis employs art history and critical ethnography to examine contemporary art production in the South West of Western Australia. Responding to a paucity of publications and critique, and a claim the art scene is ‘folksy’ and ‘not up-to speed’ with metropolitan art scenes, I argue that ‘being regional’ is a legitimate position on its own terms and as part of a growing global tendency to recognises the validity of regional contexts and perspectives.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-484882017-02-09T03:07:55Z Legitimate landscapes: repositioning regional art production McGirr, Diana Rosemary This thesis employs art history and critical ethnography to examine contemporary art production in the South West of Western Australia. Responding to a paucity of publications and critique, and a claim the art scene is ‘folksy’ and ‘not up-to speed’ with metropolitan art scenes, I argue that ‘being regional’ is a legitimate position on its own terms and as part of a growing global tendency to recognises the validity of regional contexts and perspectives. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48488 Curtin University fulltext
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Legitimate landscapes: repositioning regional art production
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url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48488