Art historian
Ann Elias, the author of the online article linked below is an Associate Professor
of Theoretical Enquiry at the Sydney College of the Arts, The University
of Sydney, in Australia. In the coming week, she will also be
co-hosting, with Nicholas Tsoutas, a major international conference on
camouflage, called
Camouflage Cultures: Surveillance, Communities, Aesthetics, Animals.
Max Dupain and Frank Hinder are among the many significant artists who contributed decisively to Australia's modernist tradition. Less well known, however, is that they both worked for Australia's military during the Second World War. >>>more
