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The Stranger Artist

Life at the Edge of Kimberley Painting
Author: Sprague, Quentin
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books

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Winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award 2021 Non-fiction category, The Stranger Artist is a true story of life, loss and friendship that cuts to the heart of one of Australia’s most celebrated art movements.

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Winner of the 2021 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction.

Set amid the striking landscapes of the East Kimberley, The Stranger Artist is an evocative and enthralling account of a remarkable decade in Australia’s internationally acclaimed Aboriginal art movement.

At the end of the twentieth century, one-time gallerist Tony Oliver finds himself deeply immersed within a group of senior Gija artists, among them the soon-to-be-renowned painters Paddy Bedford and Freddie Timms. Their unlikely bonds lead to the formation of the groundbreaking Jirrawun Arts, which quickly becomes one of Australia’s most celebrated and controversial art collectives. As Oliver comes to share not only the artists’ many successes but their tragedies too, his own life’s trajectory will forever be altered.

Quentin Sprague’s The Stranger Artist is an extraordinary contribution to Australia’s cultural history – a sensitive yet unflinching portrait of creative work, of a life between cultures, of both darkness and light.

Additional information

Weight 0.38 kg
Dimensions 21 × 13.5 cm
ISBN

9781743799321

Subtitle

Life at the Edge of Kimberley Painting

Author

Sprague, Quentin

Publisher

Hardie Grant Books

Release Date

Wednesday February 1st, 2023

Format

Paperback / softback

Main content page count

288 Pages