ASHLEY CRAWFORD
ASHLEY CRAWFORD IS A FREELANCE CULTURAL CRITIC BASED IN MELBOURNE. HE WRITES REGULARLY ON THE ARTS FOR THE AGE NEWSPAPER AND HAS WRITTEN FOR THE AUSTRALIAN, THE FINANCIAL REVIEW, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, AUSTRALIAN ART COLLECTOR, ART WORLD, ART MONTHLY, EYELINE AND NUMEROUS OTHER MAGAZINES. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF A NUMBER OF BOOKS ON AUSTRALIAN ART INCLUDING SPRAY: THE WORK OF HOWARD ARKLEY (CRAFTSMAN HOUSE), WIMMERA: THE WORK OF PHILIP HUNTER (THAMES & HUDSON), GELDERLAND: THE WORK OF STEPHEN BUSH (SANTE FE MUSEUM) AND LINES OF FIRE: TIM STORRIER (THAMES & HUDSON). HE IS THE FORMER EDITOR OF WORLD ART, 21.C, TENSION AND ARTBYTE MAGAZINES AND THE CURRENT EDITOR OF PHOTOFILE MAGAZINE.
TRAINED AS A JOURNALIST IN THE EARLY 1970S, CRAWFORD CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ALMOST ANY SUBJECT AND BRING ANY PUBLISHING PROJECT IN ON DEADLINE. HE HAS WORKED AS A MUSIC CRITIC, FILM CRITIC, TRAVEL WRITER, POLITICAL SPEECHWRITER, ADVERTISING COPY-WRITER AND BOOK AND MAGAZINE EDITOR.
RECENT POSTS
AUSTRALIAN VISUAL ART: PROFILES & ESSAYS
BOOK & MUSIC REVIEWS & ARTICLES
BOOKS AS AUTHOR/EDITOR
MAGAZINES AS EDITOR
PHOTOFILE
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