Kathleen O'Connor of Paris by Amanda Curtin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
In 1906, Kathleen O'Connor left conservative Perth, where her famous father's life had ended in tragedy. She had her sights set on a career in thrilling, bohemian Paris. More than a century later, novelist Amanda Curtin faces her own questions, of life and of art, as she embarks on a journey in Kate's f ...Show more
Papunya: A Place Made After the Story by Geoffrey Bardon, James Bardon
$89.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
Papunya- A Place Made After the Storyis a first-hand account of the Papunya Tula artists and their internationally significant works emanating from the central Western Desert.This momentous movement began in 1971 when Geoffrey Bardon, a hopeful young art teacher, drove the long lonely road from Alice Sp ...Show more
John Russell: Australia's French Impressionist by Wayne Tunnicliffe; Hilary Spurling
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
A beautiful, highly illustrated book published in conjunction with a major retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Australian artist John Russell (1858-1930) was an active and influential member of the French 19 th century avant‐garde, he was a close friend of Tom Roberts, Vin ce ...Show more
Man Called Yarra by Stan Yarramunua
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
oI'm a Wathaurong man. I'm an artist who draws on life in this big red and yellow and black country.oStan oYarrao Yarramunua- artist, musician, actor, social worker, businessman.From growing up in poverty in Swan Hill - and sometimes on the road, with his itinerant father - Yarra had a tumultuous and of ...Show more
Midawarr Harvest - The Art of Mulkum Wirrpanda and John Wolseley by Will Stubbs
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art | Reading Level: very good
Two artists, two completely different approaches, but one abiding passion - to celebrate the natural bounty to be found in the floodplains, swamps, savannas and woodlands of northern Australia. Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley, her adopted wawa (brother), have created a powerful body of works depictin ...Show more
Being Modern: MoMA in Paris by Quentin Bajac
$85.00 AUD
Category: Australian Art
Published to accompany the first exhibition in Paris of highlights from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Being Modern tells the stories behind 120 select artworks and design objects acquired by MoMA between the late 19th century and the present, providing a unique insight into the making of one of th ...Show more
Seeing Saltwater Country by Sally Mayman
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian Art
Seeing Saltwater Country is an art collaboration between photographer Sally Mayman, painter Dale Kentwell and the people of the Dampier Peninsula in Australia's north-west. Sally and Dale are based in Sydney and were invited to the Dampier Peninsula by Bardi Nyul Nyul man Albert Wiggan. There they met m ...Show more
Untitled Portraits of Australian Artists by Sonia Payes
$180.00 AUD
Category: Australian Art | Reading Level: good
Comprises a grand statement about Australia's vibrant visual arts scene and its creative, and sometimes quirky, indiiduals. It is certain to generate a better understanding of the importance of 'the studio' and provides glimpses into the ways in which artists integrate their life and work.
The Melbourne Street Art Guide by Edited by Ewan Mceoin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art
The Melbourne Street Art Guide is the essential reference to trace the who, what, why and where of Melbourne's dynamic street art scene. Focused on the art, politics, people and places which make Melbourne an undisputed international hotspot for street art and graffiti, this book delves into the inner w ...Show more
Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing by Ashleigh Wilson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Art | Reading Level: very good
"When he died in 1992 Brett Whiteley left behind decades of ceaseless activity:some works bound to a particular place or time, others that are masterpieces of light and line. Whiteley had arrived in Europe in 1960 determined to make an impression. Before long he was the youngest artist to have work acqu ...Show more
Monanisms by David Walsh
$85.00 AUD
Category: Australian Art
The closest thing to a definitive guide to David Walsh's ever-evolving private collection of art and antiquities. Second edition includes installation images, and new prefaces by David Walsh and Elizabeth Pearce.