Beyond Australia

Description

In the third installment, Beyond Australia, Edmund Capon explores how, since the 1960s, Australia and its art went global. Transformed into a migrant nation, Australia's dependence on Britain ended and artists played a huge role in shaping the new Australia at first they adopted American abstraction before a far more ancient art form from the heart of the continent indigenous art emerged. It became Australia's instantly recognizable calling card.

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56 min 47 sec

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