Gary Catalano
Encyclopedia
Gary Catalano was an Australia
n poet
and art critic.
. He married writer Helen Hewitt in 1990. He died on 8 December 2002 in Melbourne
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and art critic.
Life
Calatano was born on 30 October 1947 in BrisbaneBrisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
. He married writer Helen Hewitt in 1990. He died on 8 December 2002 in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
.
Awards
- 1992 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (with Kevin Hart)
- 1997 Australia Council's Keesing Studio in Paris residency
- 2002 Harold White Fellowship from the National Library in Canberra
Works
Criticism
- The Years of Hope: Australian Art and Criticism, 1959-1968 1981
- The Bandaged Image: a study of artists' books, 1983
- An Intimate Australia: the landscape and recent Australian art, 1985
- Building a Picture: interviews with Australian artists, 1997
- The Solitary Watcher: Rick Amor and his Art, 2001
Reviews
Gary Catalano makes the most ordinary sights and sounds extraordinary. In "Wholemeal Loaf," he compares "even the lightest loaf" to "a lump of masonry from a demolition site."