John Wolseley: Land Marks III by Sasha Grishin
$80.00 AUD
Category: Australian Art
For more than half a century John Wolseley has been widely acclaimed for the way his art practice engages with the environment and broader ecology. Working across several art mediums, but mostly known for his experimental techniques in printmaking and watercolour, Wolseley's work crosses over a number o ...Show more
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Collection of Th by Judith Ryan
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria is a major overview of the work of Indigenous artists of the past 130 years. Entries on more than 100 works in the NGV’s collection reveal the influence of early Indigenous objects on contemporary dialogues; ...Show more
May Gibbs: More Than a Fairy Tale by Robert Holden
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
May Gibbs is one of Australia's best-known illustrators and her gum-nut babies have been adored by generations of children. For the first time her early life and artistic career are explored in detail. She travelled to England in a quest to develop as an artist and became an early supporter of the suffr ...Show more
Strange Country
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
'Painting matters to Australia and Australians as it does in few other countries. It has formed our consciousness, our sense of where we come from, and who we are. It cries out for wider recognition and acknowledgement.' - Patrick McCaughey Why has Australia, an island continent with a small population, ...Show more
John Olsen by Darleen Bungey
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
This landmark biography by Darleen Bungey, the author of the celebrated biography of Arthur Boyd, graphically depicts the forces that drove John Olsen to become one of the country's greatest artists. An exhilarating book, both trenchant and tender, it strips away the veneer of showmanship and fame to sh ...Show more
The Making of Mona by Franklin Adrian
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
Hailed as the most important addition to the Australian cultural landscape since the opening of the Sydney Opera House, MONA has shaken up the art world by breathing life and delight back into the museum experience. Visitors are flocking to MONA, but what is it about MONA that makes it such a transforma ...Show more
David Walsh: A Bone of Fact by David Walsh
$55.00 AUD
Category: Australian Art | Reading Level: very good
David Walsh - the creator of Mona in Hobart - is both a giant and an enigma in the Australian art world. A multi-millionaire who made his money gambling, David has turned a wild vision into a unique reality; he is in turns controversial, mysterious and idolised. A Bone of Fact is his utterly unconventio ...Show more
Arthur Boyd - Agony and Ecstasy by National Gallery of Australia
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
Arthur Boyd - Agony and Ecstasy is a major exhibition of Boyd's art including more than 100 works across diverse media: paintings, prints, drawings, ceramic tiles and sculptures, and tapestries. This publication provides the opportunity to contemplate a number of works that have never or rarely been pre ...Show more
100 Moments of Australian Painting from the Art Gallery of New South Wales by Barry Pearce
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
What makes a painting endure and resonate through time? What makes a masterpiece? Highly respected art curator Barry Pearce provides a personal tour of 100 of his favourite Australian paintings from the walls and vaults of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Pearce profiles works from the most famous na ...Show more
Montsalvat by Sigmund Jorgensen
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
In the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the round table Montsalvat is the home of the Holy Grail. Australia's Montsalvat is an artists' colony in Eltham, established by the architect and artist Justus Jorgensen in 1934. It is home to over a dozen buildings, houses and halls built out of local st ...Show more
Dorrit Black: Unseen Forces by Tracey Lock-Weir
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
Dorrit Black is the last major Australian modernist to be the subject of a monograph. Her importance to Australian art has not been revised for thirty-five years, and the book aims to reposition her as a figure of great significance in the development of Australian modernism. The book places Dorrit Blac ...Show more