Geoff Wilson: Interrogated Landscape

Samstag Museum of Art

Geoff Wilson: Interrogated Landscape recognises the lifetime achievement of an exceptional artist whose long career has, until now, remained largely uncelebrated in the public eye.

A senior artist deserving of national attention, the relative critical neglect of Geoff Wilson is one of the intriguing puzzles in recent South Australian cultural history. Genuinely modest, never pushing himself forward, he has given generously to many over seven decades living and working in Adelaide – as a painter, teacher, mentor and friend. Asking nothing in return, beyond an authentic curiosity to see others flourish, the posterity of his own accomplishments always seem, to him, of lesser moment. This book surveys a most remarkable life in art, not only illuminating Geoff Wilson’s legacy and place alongside that of other distinguished Adelaide modernists, but paying timely homage to a significant Australian artist and his inspired subject – the South Australian landscape.

Geoff Wilson: Interrogated Landscape was published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia. It celebrates Geoff Wilson’s achievements and contributions, as an esteemed alumnus of the university, leading into the University’s 25th anniversary celebrations in 2016.

137 pages, illustrations and portraits (some colour), 30 x 27 cm, Barry Pearce.

OUT OF PRINT