Victory Over Death: The Art of Colin McCahon

by Laurence Simmons and Rex Butler

Perhaps at the origin of all thinking about culture lies the question of the afterlife. The artist makes their work hoping that it will live on after their death. The critic reads or looks at the work wondering whether a future audience will engage with it. Victory over Death: The Art of Colin McCahon takes up this question of the afterlife of the work of art by looking at the work of the New Zealand painter Colin McCahon, who is often described...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1922464759
• ISBN13: 9781922464750
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Monash University Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages