Gauguin and Polynesia by Nicholas Thomas
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art & Photography
Paul Gauguin is commonly regarded as one of the greatest modern artists. He is renowned for resplendent, mythic imagery from Oceania, for a life of restless travel and for his supposed immersion in Polynesian life. But he has long been regarded ambivalently, and in recent years both Gauguin's sexual be ...Show more
Mudunama Kundana Wandaraba Jarribirri - Judy Watson by Katina Davidson (Curated by); Tarah Hogue (Curated by); Jazz Money (Contribution by)
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art
Judy Watson is one of Australia's most globally collected and exhibited artists. Her practice is centred on truth-telling as a Waanyi woman, particularly in relation to environmental protection; historic government policies concerning Indigenous Australians; and collecting institutions that house cultur ...Show more
Inside Pompeii by Luigi Spina
$200.00 AUD
Category: Art
A visually stunning, intimate photographic tour of Pompeii's spaces, including many that have never been seen by the public.Pompeii, one of the most astonishing and well-preserved sites of classical antiquity, is also one of the world's most visited architectural sites. This lavish volume takes readers ...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
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
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
Telling Tales by Richard Hedger
$50.00 AUD
Category: Photography
40 Fabulous Years of Floats, Fun, Fantasy and Fortitude of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Published to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of Mardi Gras. Telling Tales has brought together the stories of 40 people from the LGBTQI community.
Radiant - The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art
A stunning life of the iconic American artist, Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch. In the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped up on these blank spaces. The ...Show more
Julian Bell on Painting by Julian Bell
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Pocket Perspectives Ser.
Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series presents timeless works by writers and thinkers who have shaped the conversation across the arts, visual culture, and history. Celebrating the undiminished vitality of their ideas today, these covetable and collectable littl ...Show more
James Hall on the Self-Portrait by James Hall
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Pocket Perspectives Ser.
Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series presents timeless works by writers and thinkers who have shaped the conversation across the arts, visual culture, and history. Celebrating the undiminished vitality of their ideas today, these covetable and collectable littl ...Show more