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Gerard Havekes by Gavin Fry
$99.00 AUD
Category: Art
'Gerard Havekes was outrageously big in every way – he was a mighty, creative force. A big, tall man, who commanded attention by his very presence, a man who embraced life with gusto. Wherever he went he would inevitably, naturally dominate the space, ruling over his domain at home or in his work space ...Show more
Son of the Brush by Tim Olsen
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art
A frank and revealing memoir by the son of Australia's greatest living painter. Tim Olsen is the son of arguably Australia's most famous living painter, John Olsen. Son of the Brush is his fascinating, candid memoir of what it was like to grow up in the shadow of artistic genius, with all its wonder, ex ...Show more
Peter Kingston by Barry Pearce
$120.00 AUD
Category: Art
A versatile, multi-talented artist, with a natural ability for drawing, Peter Kingston (b. 1943) was inspired from an early age by films and comics to create quirky cartoons and illustrations, later contributing to the infamous Oz magazine of the 1960s, and becoming part of Martin Sharp's Yellow House c ...Show more
Life in the Studio by Frances Palmer
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
"Guaranteed to, as its title insists, inspire. . . . Demands to be viewed again and again and again." --Booklist, starred review To step into potter Frances Palmer's world is to be surrounded by the trappings of a life that has been intentionally--and painstakingly--built to maximize creativity. A ligh ...Show more
Nell (Mini Monographs) by NELL
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Mini Monographs 3
Continuing our series of monographs on Australian female artists, selected with series editor Natalie King, is Nell. Nell is a Sydney-based artist with a practice that spans performance, installation, video, painting and sculpture. The book comprises of 96 pages of the artist's favourite works - designe ...Show more
Drawing on the Dominant Eye by Betty EDWARDS
$40.00 AUD
Category: Art
The long-awaited follow-up to the beloved bestseller Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - with new insights about creativity and our unique way of seeing the world around us
Venus Betrayed - The Private World of Edouard Vuillard by Julia Frey
$100.00 AUD
Category: Art
douard Vuillard was so secretive that he berated himself for betraying his emotions in conversation. He was a reticent, impassioned man, at once a timid stalker and a social climbing anarchist, caught in conflicting desires. From the 1880s until the advent of World War II, using styles from academic to ...Show more
A Year in the Art World by Matthew Israel
$40.00 AUD
Category: Art
The world of contemporary art has become more globalized and transparent in the last few decades, yet it is still perceived as closed-off and obscure. In A Year in the Art World, Matthew Israel takes the reader on a cross-continental journey through a year in the field of art, lifting the veil on a cult ...Show more
Anni and Josef Albers - Equal and Unequal by Nicholas Fox Weber
$195.00 AUD
Category: Art
A spectacular and unprecedented visual biography of the leading pioneers and protagonists of modern art and design Josef - painter, designer, and teacher - and Anni Albers - textile artist and printmaker - are among the twentieth century's most important abstract artists, and this is the first monograph ...Show more
Present Tense: Anna Schwartz Gallery and Thirty-Five Years of Contemporary Australian Art by Doug Hall
$60.00 AUD
Category: Art
This vivid and revealing account of thirty-five years of art and history revolves around the locus of the internationally renowned Anna Schwartz Gallery and its eponymous founder. Beginning in St Kilda with United Artists, visionary gallerist Anna Schwartz relocated to City Gallery at 45 Flinders Lane b ...Show more
Daniel Thomas - Recent Past: Writing Australian Art by Hannah Fink (Editor); Steven Miller (Editor); Michael Brand (Foreword by); Daniel Thomas (Text by); Art Gallery NSW
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art
... over the course of half a century, Daniel has asked and answered the questions that no one else has thought of. Originality, curiosity, generosity and intellectual precision have always been at the heart of his work. Andrew Sayers, former director of the National Portrait Gallery, CanberraNo one kno ...Show more
You Are an Artist by Roberta Smith; Anon
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art
According to contemporary artist and activist Bob and Roberta Smith, every human is an artist. Drawing is an important part of learning to communicate, and above all else, life is a conversation, making art a vital part of human existence. You Are an Artist helps the reader work out what kind of artist ...Show more