David Walsh (4) (1961–)

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David Walsh, Ph.D., is the founder and president of the National Institute on Media and the Family. This is a non-profit organization created to provide research and information about the impact of media products. He is a psychologist, educator, and parent, and is a frequent guest on radio and toon meer television programs as an expert on children and the media. He has also written several books and articles on the subject. He won an ABIA Award 2015 in the category of Biography of the Year with his title A Bone of Fact. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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A Bone of Fact (2014) 57 exemplaren

Monanisms (2010) 23 exemplaren

Theatre of the world (2012) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren

Stories of O (2016) 3 exemplaren

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Officiële naam: Walsh, David Dominic
Geboortedatum: 1961
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: Australia
Geboorteplaats: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Woonplaatsen: Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia
Beroepen: art collector
museum director
professional gambler
author
Organisaties: Museum of Old and New (Founder); Berriedale penisula, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Moorilla Winery (owner); Berriedale penisula, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Order of Australia (Officer)

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Monanisms

This is the catalogue which has been released to coincide with the opening of MONA - the Museum of Old and New Art - in Tasmania.

It's gorgeous, and maintains the irreverent feel of the museum itself. Essays on the history of a set of ancient coins are commingled with extracts of emailed conversations between museum staff and owner David Walsh, transcripts of interviews with artists, and the lyrics to songs written about individual pieces (which together form an album by which was commissioned for the launch and which is included (on CD) in the back of the catalogue).

An example; There several pages of full-colour plates showing scans of one of the sarcophagi (and the mummy contained within) which form part of the museum's collection. These are preceded by an anecdote explaining that the radiology department of the local hospital agreed to perform the scans in recompense after a group of their students got a bit too merry at a party held on the Moorilla grounds, and trashed part of the garden in a golf cart.

MONA is an incredible experience, and this exhibition catalogue does a great job of capturing the flavour of the place.… (meer)