Steps Towards a Small Theory of the Visible by John Berger
$9.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks' In this series of remarkable pieces from across his career, John Berger celebrates and dissects the close links between art and society and the individual. Few writers give a more vivid and moving sense of how we make art and how art makes u ...Show more
Dot Circle and Frame: The Making of Papunya Tula art by John Kean
$69.99 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
Max Jacob - A Life in Art and Letters by Rosanna Warren
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art
Though less of a household name than his contemporaries in early twentieth century Paris, Jewish homosexual poet Max Jacob was Pablo Picasso's initiator into French culture, Guillaume Apollinaire's guide out of the haze of symbolism, and Jean Cocteau's loyal friend. As Picasso reinvented painting, Jacob ...Show more
The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars by Frances Spalding
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art
The twenty-first century has seen a surge of interest in English art from the interwar years, and the value of work by artists such as Stanley Spencer and Eric Ravilious has soared in value. New critical attention focuses on other artists, often women, who were previously overlooked, such as Winifred Kn ...Show more
Printed: Images by Australian Artists 1942 - 2020 by Roger Butler
$95.00 AUD
Category: Art
Printed: Images by Australian artists 1942-2020 traces the history of printmaking by Australian artists during an era of dramatic changes in Australian society and the visual arts. Arranged in three sections, it begins with the innovative wartime policy initiatives of the Commonwealth. Reconstruction Sc ...Show more
Banksy by Stefano Antonelli, Gianluca Marziani
$85.00 AUD
Category: Art
The largest presentation of works by Banksy, the world's most enigmatic yet highly sought-after artist, including iconic works, installation objects, ephemera, and memorabilia all in one volume. Banksy is the world's most discussed artist of recent decades, and this seminal collection features hundreds ...Show more
Colony: Australia 1770 1861 / Frontier Wars by Cathy Leahy, Judith Ryan
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art
This publication explores Australia's shared history. Featuring works from the National Gallery of Victoria and key collections throughout Australia, it highlights the multiple perspectives on our colonial history through new scholarship and first-person statements from contemporary artists. This volume ...Show more
Spring Cannot be Cancelled: David Hockney in Normandy by Martin Gayford, David Hockney
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art
The Sunday Times bestseller: David Hockney reflects upon life and art as he experiences lockdown in rural Normandy On turning eighty, David Hockney sought out rustic tranquillity for the first time: a place to watch the sunset and the change of the seasons; a place to keep the madness of the world at ba ...Show more
I Paint What I Want to See by Philip Guston
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Category: Art
Illuminating reflections on painting and drawing from the great 'art-historical odd man out'. "Thank God for yellow ochre, cadmium red medium, and permanent green light". How does a painter see the world? Philip Guston, one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century, spoke about art with ...Show more
Saul Leiter - The Centennial Retrospective by Margit Erb
$120.00 AUD
Category: Art
Saul Leiter photographed and painted nearly every day for over sixty years, amassing an enormous archive, most of which remained unseen during his lifetime. Finding inspiration within a few blocks of his apartment in lower Manhattan, he was a master at discovering beauty in the most ordinary places. C ...Show more
How Art Is Made - The Craft Behind the Masterpieces by Debra N. Mancoff
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
How Art Is Made looks at renowned works of art from across the centuries and around the globe and asks the intriguingly simple question - how were these works actually made?
The Bird Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper
$64.99 AUD
Category: Art
William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He painted them for many books, mainly bird monographs. He also created many individual paintings of various species that appealed to him, especially birds of paradise, cockatoos and hornbills. These paintings were often large with a broad techn ...Show more