The Art of Australia

All Episodes 2013

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  • 2013-10-21T13:00:00Z
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  • Australia
  • Documentary
Edmund Capon tells the story of art in Australia and the role it has played in the development of the nation. Edmund travels across the continent to look at important artworks and meet significant contemporary artists whose work creatively deals with themes from Australian history.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2013-10-21T13:00:00Z

1x01 Strangers in a Strange Land

Series Premiere

1x01 Strangers in a Strange Land

  • 2013-10-21T13:00:00Z1h

Edmund Capon tells the story of how art helped European settlers come to terms with such an unfamiliar land on the other side of the world and how, ignoring 60,000 years of indigenous culture, they saw the place through a distorted European lens, until a uniquely Australian impressionism reflected the emergence of a distinctive national identity and an independent nation.

2013-10-28T13:00:00Z

1x02 Coming of Age

1x02 Coming of Age

  • 2013-10-28T13:00:00Z1h

Edmund Capon explores how Australian art evolved in the first half of the 20th century against the backdrop of two world wars. As modern artists expressed both the dreams and demons of this new nation, they met with decades of disapproval from the old guard, until they finally revolutionised Australian art and heralded its arrival on the world stage.

2013-11-04T13:00:00Z

1x03 Beyond Australia

1x03 Beyond Australia

  • 2013-11-04T13:00:00Z1h

Edmund Capon explores how, from the 1960s onwards, Australia and its art went global. Transformed into a migrant nation, Australia's dependence on Britain and Europe ended and artists and nation alike turned their attention to America...

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