The Spoken Object is a richly photographed volume on the life, work, and personal collections of leading Australian cultural advocate Gene Sherman. She shares intimate accounts of her journey in her own words, with essays by many influential art world commentators.
The Spoken Object is a richly photographed volume on the life, work, and personal collections of leading Australian cultural advocate Gene Sherman. She shares intimate accounts of her journey in her own words, with essays by many influential art world commentators.
Dr Gene Sherman AM is a leading Australian cultural figure and philanthropist. She is founder, executive and artistic director of the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas (SCCI), established in 2017 as a cultural-exchange platform focusing on contemporary fashion and architecture. For more than two decades, Gene Sherman was director and proprietor of Sherman Galleries, a commercial gallery with a focus on artists from Australia, the Asia Pacific and the Middle East. She was chair and executive director of the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, presenting scores of projects by significant visual practitioners across art, architecture, fashion, film and design from the Asia Pacific, Australia and the Middle East. She is an adjunct professor at UNSW Art & Design, a member and co-chair of the Tate Asia-Pacific acquisitions committee, a member of the Tate International Council, and a board member of the Australian Institute of Art History. Gene Sherman regularly lectures on Australian and Asian contemporary art, Australian and Asian private foundations, gallery management, the art of collecting, and architecture and fashion. She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2010 in recognition of her cultural philanthropy and support of emerging and established artists. The French Government has honoured Gene Sherman with two prestigious awards in its Legion of Honour awards system: the Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2016), and the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2003). She has two children and six grandchildren. She lives in Sydney, Australia. With contributions by Gene Sherman; Dolla Merrillees; Joni Waka; Akiko Fukai; Chikako Tatsuuma; Alison Kubler; Timothy Nicol-Ford; Diane Venet; David Congram; Karen McCartney; Stephen Todd; David Clark, Dr Susan Holden; Dr Ashley Paine, and Phillip Rossington
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PREFACE – by Gene Sherman INTRODUCTION: The Spoken Object: Dr Gene Sherman AM – by Dolla Merrillees Dr G. – by Joni Waka FASHION THREAD THROUGH: Gene Sherman’s Fashion Collection – by Dolla Merrillees The Eye Listens: Gene Sherman’s Fashion Collection – by Akiko Fukai Fifty-Eight Visits to Japan – by Chikako Tatsuuma On Clothing as Art – by Alison Kubler JEWELLERY WELL WORN: A Contemporary Jewellery Collector’s Journey – by Timothy Nicol-Ford Collectors on Collecting – by Diane Venet and Gene Sherman DESIGN ENTRE NOUS: The Braelin Collection – by David Congram Ode to Lavinia – by Stephen Todd Wunderkammering – by David Clark Trois / Tre / Three: Surfaces – by Karen McCartney ARCHITECTURE Fugitive Architecture – by Susan Holden and Ashley Paine The Fix – by Gene Sherman On Fugitive Structures – by Phillip Rossington Notes Author Information Acknowledgements References Image Credits Index
PREFACE – by Gene Sherman INTRODUCTION: The Spoken Object: Dr Gene Sherman AM – by Dolla Merrillees Dr G. – by Joni Waka FASHION THREAD THROUGH: Gene Sherman’s Fashion Collection – by Dolla Merrillees The Eye Listens: Gene Sherman’s Fashion Collection – by Akiko Fukai Fifty-Eight Visits to Japan – by Chikako Tatsuuma On Clothing as Art – by Alison Kubler JEWELLERY WELL WORN: A Contemporary Jewellery Collector’s Journey – by Timothy Nicol-Ford Collectors on Collecting – by Diane Venet and Gene Sherman DESIGN ENTRE NOUS: The Braelin Collection – by David Congram Ode to Lavinia – by Stephen Todd Wunderkammering – by David Clark Trois / Tre / Three: Surfaces – by Karen McCartney ARCHITECTURE Fugitive Architecture – by Susan Holden and Ashley Paine The Fix – by Gene Sherman On Fugitive Structures – by Phillip Rossington Notes Author Information Acknowledgements References Image Credits Index
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