Art of Peace: New perspectives in visual art on peacekeeping from the 1990s

《和平艺术》探讨了艺术在澳大利亚参与国际维和行动中的重要作用。乔治·吉托斯和温迪·夏普等澳大利亚艺术家创作了澳大利亚军队作为维和部队和国家建设者的有力而令人难忘的形象。然而，那些来自澳大利亚派遣维和部队的国家的艺术家们不那么引人注目的观点呢？“和平艺术”将通过新的学术机构、公众参与以及在珀斯和悉尼举办的由西澳美术馆策划的展览，围绕这些艺术家对维和任务的看法创造新的知识。它吸引全国观众关注澳大利亚自1990年以来通过新的当代艺术在国际事务中的重要作用。

Art of Peace investigates the important role of art in Australia’s engagement in international peacekeeping. Australian artists such as George Gittoes and Wendy Sharpe have created powerful and memorable images of Australian forces as peacekeepers and nation-builders. Yet, what of the less-visible perspectives of artists from the countries to which Australia sends peacekeepers? Art of Peace will create new knowledge around those artists’ perceptions of peacekeeping missions, through a new body of scholarship, public engagement and an exhibition in Perth and Sydney curated by Art Gallery of WA. It engages a national audience to focus on the important role of Australia in international affairs since 1990 through new contemporary art.