Art was their weapon : the history of the Perth Workers' Art Guild / Dylan Hyde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyde, Dylan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demonstrations--Australia--Perth (W.A.).

Demonstrations.

Perth (W.A.)--Politics and government--History--20th century.

Perth (W.A.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2019.

Summary:

The politics, art, and culture of Perth's Workers Art Guild are detailed in this comprehensive history, as well as the personal and professional lives of some of the movement's key figures.The Workers' Art Guild was a left-leaning political force and influential cultural movement of the 1930s and 1940s in Perth.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Abbreviations used in this book

Introduction 'That Mad Little Era' in the West

1. The Red Witch of Greenmount

2. The Five Arts Club

3. Kisch and the Popular Front

4. The 'Living Theatre': Formation of the Perth Workers' Theatre

5. 'A Man of Enterprise': Keith George and The Workers' Art Club

6. The Workers' Art Guild and the Party Line

7. 'Bury the Dead'

8. Spain, Moscow and 'The Southern Cross'

9. 'Offensive Epithets'

10. Standing Guard for the Party

11. Leading the Revolution on a White Horse

12. The War, and 'Blood on the Moon'

13. 'The Fervent Years'

14. 'Art as a Weapon in the People's Fight'

15. 'The Surrealist Mob'

16. 'The Faded Years': A Retreat to Provincialism

Appendix After the War

Endnotes

Bibliography

About the Author

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-925815-90-0

OCLC:

1128024529