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Carnival in suburbia : the art of Howard Arkley
John Gregory.
Cambridge ; Port Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2006
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Book description
When he died suddenly in Melbourne in July 1999, at the age of
48, Australian painter Howard Arkley had just achieved his greatest
successes, receiving international critical acclaim for his work at the
Venice Biennale and in Los Angeles. Arkley enjoyed pop themes and imagery,
like many of his 'postmodern' generation, but he also developed an
idiosyncratic individual style, using heavy, air-brushed lines and vivid
colour to produce stylised representations of everyday subjects. Carnival
in Suburbia covers Arkley's work thematically, beginning with his
best-known works of suburban imagery. Subsequent chapters examine his
fascination with pattern, colour and line; a full account for the first time
of his creative use of source material; and his collaborations with Juan
Davila and other contemporaries. Finally, Arkley is identified as a 'carnivalesque'
painter, intrigued by death, grotesque body imagery and masks. John Gregory,
an art-historian by profession, was Arkley's brother-in-law.
About the author
John Gregory is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Art and Design at
Monash University. His research interests and publications span various
aspects of European art history, and modern and contemporary Australian
art.
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