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Art and organised labour : images of working life and trade union life in New Zealand / edited by Gregory Burke and Ann Calhoun. - 143 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits (some colour) ; 26 cm

"New Zealand 1990 official project"--Back cover. "Published to accompany the exhibition organised by the Wellington City Art Gallery, 1990 and toured nationally during 1991-1992. Wellington City Art Gallery: 20 October 1990-21 January 1991"--Title page verso. "Examines the historical and contemporary relationship of art to organised labour in Aotearoa/New Zealand ... accompanied by supporting essays"--Back cover. "Banners, badges, photographs, films, cartoons, posters, paintings, sculpture.".

Includes bibliographical references.

Picturing a working class / Athol McCredie -- Union banners in New Zealand / Herbert Roth -- Murals and organised labour / Peter and Dianne Beatson -- Dennis Knight Turner : artist / Rob Taylor -- Danger, militants at work : union struggles in documentary film and video, 1976-85 / Russell Campbell -- Art and organised labour in Maori society / Peter Adds -- Images of women / Ann Calhoun.

ISBN: 0908818114 9780908818112

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Working class in art--Exhibitions
Labor movement in art--Exhibitions
Art and society--New Zealand--Exhibitions
Mass media and art--New Zealand--Exhibitions

LC Class. No.: N8219.L2 / A78 1990

Dewey Class. No.: 704.94993 704.949331