Art Was Their Weapon: The History of the Perth Workers' Art Guild
by
Dylan Hyde
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1925815749
ISBN-13
9781925815740
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Imprint
Fremantle Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 2019
Print length
360 Pages
Weight
452 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 23.40 x 3.20 cms
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The politics, art, and culture of Perths Workers Art Guild are detailed in this comprehensive history, as well as the personal and professional lives of some of the movements key figures. The Workers Art Guild was a left-leaning political force and influential cultural movement of the 1930s and 1940s in Perth. Police and intelligence arms kept close tabs on the Guild and its members, jailing some and intimidating many others prior to and during the period of the banning of the Communist Party in Australia. The book covers the personal and professional lives of key figures such as writer Katharine Susannah Prichard and theatre maverick Keith George, while charting the influence of the Communist Party on Western Australian artists.
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