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Juan Davila : the moral meaning of wilderness

by Kate Briggs, Juan Davila

This exhibition catalogue explores landscape and history painting in relation to contemporary environmental, political and cultural concerns, addressing society's ambivalence to nature and increasing consumerism.

Accession 3850 ISBN 9780980460698 Publisher ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Griffith University, Monash University Museum of Art, Griffith University Art Gallery
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