{"product_id":"justene-williams-once-we-were-mudskippers","title":"Justene Williams: Once We Were Mudskippers","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHIS IS A PRE-ORDER ITEM - ETA IS EARLY OCTOBER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJustene Williams: Once We Were Mudskippers\u003c\/em\u003e explores the expansive practice of one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists. Published to accompany Williams’s first major survey at a state art gallery, this richly illustrated, colourful volume explores her multidisciplinary approach in which installation, performance, sculpture, video and costume combine in immersive environments. Bringing together significant works from the past 20 years alongside new installations, \u003cem\u003eOnce We Were Mudskippers\u003c\/em\u003e reveals an artist embracing the feminist possibilities of the \u003cem\u003eGesamtkunstwerk\u003c\/em\u003e, or ‘total work of art’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the historical avant-garde while reimagining its ideas for the present, Williams transforms everyday and found materials into theatrical, multimedia installations that are playful, provocative and deeply human. From \u003cem\u003eVictory Over the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e 2016, her feminist reinterpretation of the Russian Futurist opera, to warping of time online in \u003cem\u003eThe Vertigoats\u003c\/em\u003e 2021 and new installations extending her engagement with modernism and Russian costume designer Natalia Goncharova, \u003cem\u003eOnce We Were Mudskippers\u003c\/em\u003e traces Williams’s ongoing transformation of avant-garde ideas through contemporary materials, media and performance videos. Like the mudskippers of the publication’s title – creatures that exist between worlds – Williams’s works are at once grounded in art history and unmistakably contemporary. Featuring an in-depth interview with the artist by Ellie Buttrose, Curator, Contemporary Australian Art, QAGOMA, alongside essays by art historians Victoria Perin, Susan Best and Stephen Zepke, \u003cem\u003eOnce We Were Mudskippers\u003c\/em\u003e offers fresh critical perspectives on Williams’s practice. This beautifully designed book serves as both an engaging introduction to and essential resource for those familiar with her work. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"QAGOMA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44499686391873,"sku":"9781925922233","price":49.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/3179\/3984\/files\/12718_Justene_Williams_exhibition_publication_cover.jpg?v=1788152653","url":"https:\/\/qagoma.store\/products\/justene-williams-once-we-were-mudskippers","provider":"QAGOMA Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}