Let's See Writings on Art From the by SCHJELDAHL Peter
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
Covers subjects drawn from a broad canvas of the history of art. This volume includes writings, which not only seek out the essence of the individual artist or work under discussion, they also never lose sight of the bigger picture what is beauty; what does it mean to be American; and what can the art w ...Show more
Tim Storrier, Moments: In Response to Memories and Ideas of Mortality by Edmund Capon
$130.00 AUD
Category: Art
Storrier, among Australia's most highly regarded and best-selling painters, remains enigmatic. His paintings, which combine the traditional genres of landscape and still-life and executed at a masterly level, are at once beautiful and frightening.
Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art by John Ross, Anne Booth
$29.95 AUD
Category: Art
Episodes in Australian history as seen through the eyes of artists, with text accomanied by pictures from the Australian National Gallery.
On Paper. Lucian Freud by Lucian Freud
$120.00 AUD
Category: Art
Speaking recently about his early years as an artist Lucian Freud claimed, 'I would have thought I did 200 drawings to every painting in those early days. I very much prided myself on my drawing.' Drawing is fundamental to Freud's development as an artist and to how he sees in a way that that it was not ...Show more
The Henson Case by David Marr
$24.95 AUD
Category: Art
The Australian Prime Minister called them 'absolutely revolting'. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily Telegraphas a 'Victory for Decency'. Cate Blanchett and members of the arts community claimed charges laid over them would affect Australia's cultural reputation. Only now do ...Show more
Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Hiroshige
$99.00 AUD
Category: Art
This title features Hiroshige's Edo: Masterful ukiyo-e woodblock prints of Tokyo in the mid-19th century. Literally meaning 'pictures of the floating world', ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock print genre that originated in the 17th century and is practically synonymous with the Western wor ...Show more
Banksy - Wall and Piece by Banksy
$40.00 AUD
Category: Art
Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable, except maybe when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns a ...Show more
The Artist's Lunch: A Visual and Culinary Feast with Australia's Most Prominent Artists
$69.95 AUD
Category: Art
"Dine with photographer Sarah Rhodes and writer Alice McCormick as they journey into the homes of Australia's most pre-eminent artists and unearth captivating stories of their lives and work. Over lunch, and in their own words, artists from John Olsen to Dorothy Napangardi, Nell to Tim Storrier, begin b ...Show more
Hammershoi by Felix Kramer
$105.00 AUD
Category: Art
This comprehensive survey is published to coincide with an exhibition of the art of the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi (18641916). Hammershois subject-matter centred on haunting interiors. Dispensing with anecdotal detail, he transformed his apartment into a series of disturbingly empty spaces. The s ...Show more
Fred Williams - 1927-1982 by Patrick McCaughey
$125.00 AUD
Category: Art
A magnificent monograph celebrating the life and work of acclaimed Australian artist Fred Williams.
Time by Andy Goldsworthy
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art
Time, always a crucial element in the work of Andy Goldsworthy both as a medium and as a metaphor is celebrated in this book, newly available in paperback. An introduction by the artist conveys the importance to him of time, change and place. A sequence of works made around his home in Scotland often sh ...Show more
The Weekend Artist: Creative Inspiration, Techniques and Simple Projects Designed to Unleash Your Inner Artist by Gerard Smith
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
Introduces beginner artists to the world of paint and demonstrates basic techniques and materials in a range of contemporary projects that would be an addition to any home.