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The burning hours /

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Dunedin, New Zealand : Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 119 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780994135315
  • 0994135319
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • ND1108.B92
Contents:
Foreword / Cam McCraken -- Horror Vacui / Lauren Gutsell -- Old weird world we live in / Justin Paton -- An uncomfortable light / Heather Galbraith -- The works / Kushana Bush -- Biography & acknowledgements / Kushana Bush.
Summary: Kushana Bush inhabits a singular position within contemporary New Zealand art. Reaching across history, culture and society, her meticulously detailed compositions, multi-ethnic characters and open-ended narratives combine to create a unique visual language. This book focuses on paintings produced from 2014 to 2016 - years that mark a significant compositional shift in Bush's practice. This new body of work is rich with detail - each surface, of gouache and gold, is filled with references to illuminated manuscripts, Persian miniatures, European art history and modern life. These disparate sources bind Bush's works to both the past and the present; the historical and the contemporary. Human interactions, humour, dramatic tension and intimate scale are her tools to draw viewers into a private conversation and, in some cases, a spiritual space. This publication features essays by Justin Paton, Heather Galbraith and exhibition curator Lauren Gutsell.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Whitecliffe Library NZ & Pacific NZ & Pacific NZ&P N 7408 BUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0015988

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Kushana Bush: The Burning Hours', Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 03 December 2016 - 02 April 2017"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Cam McCraken -- Horror Vacui / Lauren Gutsell -- Old weird world we live in / Justin Paton -- An uncomfortable light / Heather Galbraith -- The works / Kushana Bush -- Biography & acknowledgements / Kushana Bush.

Kushana Bush inhabits a singular position within contemporary New Zealand art. Reaching across history, culture and society, her meticulously detailed compositions, multi-ethnic characters and open-ended narratives combine to create a unique visual language. This book focuses on paintings produced from 2014 to 2016 - years that mark a significant compositional shift in Bush's practice. This new body of work is rich with detail - each surface, of gouache and gold, is filled with references to illuminated manuscripts, Persian miniatures, European art history and modern life. These disparate sources bind Bush's works to both the past and the present; the historical and the contemporary. Human interactions, humour, dramatic tension and intimate scale are her tools to draw viewers into a private conversation and, in some cases, a spiritual space. This publication features essays by Justin Paton, Heather Galbraith and exhibition curator Lauren Gutsell.

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