Dot Circle and Frame: The Making of Papunya Tula art by John Kean
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art
A startling, vibrant, radical new form of desert art arrived in Papunya Tula in 1971, anchored and inherited in ceremony; stimulated by the twentieth century and painting onto canvas.The course of Australian art changed in 1971. Kaapa Tjampitjinpa, Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri an ...Show more
Reading the Rooms Behind the paintings of the State Library of NSW
$90.00 AUD
Category: Art
The incredible painting collection of the State Library of New South Wales is documented for the first time.The State Library of New South Wales holds an unrivalled collection of oil paintings. Unlike an art gallery where the focus is usually on aesthetic excellence, the rationale behind the Library’s c ...Show more
By My Hands by Florian Gadsby
$50.00 AUD
Category: Art
The internet's favorite potter opens up about his life and craft in this inspiring, stunningly photographed ode to the beauty of small things that brighten life's daily rituals.Florian Gadsby has devoted his life to pottery, refining his technique towards the point of perfection--and as his skill has gr ...Show more
François Halard 3: New Vision by Francois Halard
$250.00 AUD
Category: Photography
For the past four decades François Halard has had the most privileged view on the world of art, interior design, and culture. From his perch as the photographer of choice of Vogue to World of Interiors, he has captured many of the world's most cherished spaces. Many of these have been catalogued in the ...Show more
Marina Abramovic by KAREN ARCHEY
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Over the past half century, Marina Abramovic has earned worldwide acclaim as a pioneer of performance art. This handsome new book records the first UK exhibition to include works from her entire career. Re-performances of some of her best-known and most radical works appear alongside new works created e ...Show more
Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms by Glenn Barkley
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art
What can we learn about the Roman empire from an amphora made in 200 BC? How can a simple, unadorned cup made in 1945 tell us so much about history? And what will an artwork comprising a vast collection of clay spheres tell our descendants about the act of making? Once fired, clay has the strength to ...Show more
Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
A landmark feminist intervention- a dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, fema ...Show more
Portraits by Sophie Cunningham, W. H. Chong, Michelle de Kretser, John Wolseley
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art
From award-winning book designer and artist W. H. Chong, Portraits is a collection of 300 drawings of artists, writers and musicians he has sketched over the last decade. Portraits is a love letter to our culture makers, a sparkling collection of more than 300 drawings of artists, writers, musicians, t ...Show more
Earth & Fire: Modern potters, their tools, techniques and practice by Kylie Johnson, Tiffany Johnson
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art
From clay to kiln and all the techniques between, this is an introduction to the craft and techniques of working with ceramics by ceramicists. This book profiles established ceramicists who are making waves in the art world, to midcareer potters who work diligently at their craft daily and make a livin ...Show more
Australian Abstract: Contemporary abstract painting by Amber Creswell Bell
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art
'There is an internal monologue, and a world of decisions and possibilities behind each work that the viewer does not see. Abstraction is akin to learning a new language.' ANA YOUNG There is no single neat definition of abstract art. It makes no attempt to represent reality; instead it has its own visu ...Show more
The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
The story of art for our times - one with women at its heart, brought together for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Discover the ...Show more
HUMANS: Photographs That Make You Think by Henry Carroll
$30.00 AUD
Category: Photography
See through the eyes of a new generation of photographers responding to the rapidly unfolding issues shaping our lives. In this series of small, insightful, and beautifully presented books, Henry Carroll, the bestselling photography writer of the last decade, considers the ideas behind images to present ...Show more