Tom of Finland - the Complete Kake Comics by Dian Hanson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Mustaches and muscles: Back to the days when men were men and sex was carefree In 1965, Tom of Finland began flirting with the idea of an ongoing character for his panel stories, the ultimate Tom s Man. He tried out a blond named Vicky a common male name in Finland followed by a Tarzan-inspired Jack. Th ...Show more
Design: The Groundbreaking Moments by Nina Kozel
$44.99 AUD
Category: Art
The Bentwood chair, Bauhaus furniture, Dieter Rams' designs for Braun, Apple computers, and Ikea furniture have made their way into homes and offices around the world, but all these objects signify major departures from those that came before - a new way of designing things that, in many cases, we now t ...Show more
Brancusi New York: 1913-2013 by Jerome Neutres
$160.00 AUD
Category: Art
The pure, abstract sculptures made by Constantin Brancusi have had a large and enthusiastic audience in New York ever since they were first shown on American soil at the 1913 Armory Show. The numerous American collectors, muses, friends, and exhibitions that enabled his success had a profound influence ...Show more
Hokusai by Gian Carlo Calza
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art
This big and beautiful book presents a comprehensive survey of the work of one of Japan's greatest and most influential artists, together with a collection of essays that focus on a key aspects of the master's career. The book opens with an introductory essay by Gian Carlo Calza presenting an overview o ...Show more
Lost, Stolen or Shredded: Stories of Missing Works of Art and Literature by Rick Gekoski
$23.00 AUD
Category: Art
Like Sherlock Holmes' dog in the night time, sometimes the true significance of things lies in their absence. Rick Gekoski tells the very human stories that lie behind some of the greatest losses to artistic culture - and addresses the questions such disappearances raise. Some of the items are stolen (t ...Show more
How to Look at a Painting by Justin Paton
$32.00 AUD
Category: Art
This book needs no introduction. Out of stock for several months, it now returns by popular demand – with an eye-catching new cover by Awa Press Young Designer of the Year Keely O'Shannessy and expanded illustration section – and still at the same RRP! Justin Paton's brilliant TV series has had repeate ...Show more
Posters of the First World War by Richard Slocombe
$24.95 AUD
Category: Art
Recruitment, propaganda, rationing, fundraising - during the First World War posters were used to inform and rally the public as never before. Many of the designs remain icons today, for example Kitchener's pointing hand or 'Daddy, What Did YOU do in the Great War?'. This book has those, plus forgotte ...Show more
Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower: Artists' Books and the Natural World by Elisabeth R. Fairman
$83.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Yale Center for British Art
Highlighting an enduring interest in natural history from the 16th century to the present, this gorgeous book explores depictions of the natural world, from centuries-old manuscripts to contemporary artists' books. It examines the scientific pursuits in the 18th and 19th centuries that resulted in the c ...Show more
Bruce Nauman - The True Artist by Peter Plagens
$130.00 AUD
Category: Art
Bruce Nauman (b. 1941) is one of the most innovative, provocative and influential artists working today. His pioneering explorations of sculpture, performance, sound, video and installations - always questioning the role of the artist - have broken new ground and inspired innumerable artists' careers. C ...Show more
Fantasy Modern: Loudon Sainthill's Theatre of Art and Life by Andrew Montana
$89.99 AUD
Category: Art
Detailing the lives and times of Australian painter and theater artist Loudon Sainthill and his partner, the entrepreneur and gallery director Harry Tatlock Miller, this sumptuously illustrated biography contains much of Sainthill's work along with never-before-published archival photographs. Infused wi ...Show more
The First Pop Age - Painting and Subjectivity in the Art of Hamilton, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Richter, and Ruscha by Hal Foster
$37.95 AUD
Category: Art
Who branded painting in the Pop age more brazenly than Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and Ed Ruscha? And who probed the Pop revolution in image and identity more intensely than they? In The First Pop Age, leading critic and historian Hal Foster presents an exciting new ...Show more
Color Mixing Bible: All You'll Ever Need to Know about Mixing Pigments in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Soft Pastel, Pencil, and Ink by Ian Sidaway
$42.99 AUD
Category: Art
Mixing colors accurately may be an art unto itself. In fact, many artists are discouraged by the time and expense it takes to mix and match colors, and achieve the right results. Even more frustrating is the vast range of colors available. Now there's a ready-to-use visual directory that takes all the g ...Show more