A Singular Voice: Essays on Australian Art and Architecture

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A collection of essays by the controversial and popular Australian art and architecture scholar, Joan Kerr. The essays encompass colonial architecture, contemporary Aboriginal art, the ancient remains of a dinosaur in an outback museum display, the forgotten and marginalised of Australian art and the importance of art in everyday lives. A Singular Voice is a history of changing attitudes to Australian art and architecture as well as a record of a remarkable woman distinguished by her open mind, her infectious enthusiasm and her generosity.

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Joan Kerr (1938-2004) was an art and architectural historian, critic, curator of historical and contemporary exhibitions, lecturer and prolific writer, a witty and erudite public speaker, and a committed feminist. Her major publications include The Dictionary of Australian Artists: Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870 and Heritage: The National Women's Art Book. A Singular Voice is part of the four-book series Australian Studies in Art and Art Theory and is published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation, the Gordon Darling Foundation, and the Nelson Meers Foundation.