'The Awful Stuff': Colin McCahon, High Art, and the Common Culture 1947-2000

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'The Awful Stuff': Colin McCahon, High Art, and the Common Culture 1947-2000

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This thesis analyses the conditions of artistic production at two pivotal moments in the reception of modernism in New Zealand: the emergence of a tradition of modernist painting in the work of Colin McCahon in the late 1940s, and the dispersal of that tradition under the impact of postmodernism and postcolonialism circa 1990 in the work of Michael Parekowhai and Ronnie van Hout, among others. Artists’ distinctive engagement with a broad compass of visual culture is considered alongside a cri...

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08 Dec, 2021

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Strongman, Lara

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Modernism / Postmodernism / Postcolonialism / Michael Parekowhai / School: School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies / 190104 Visual Cultures / 190502 Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting) / 970119 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Discipline: Art History / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy / Visual Cultures / Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting)

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