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Readings Recommends: Australian Art

Fred Williams Infinite Horizons
Hart D0 And Smee S

$49.95 – Hardcover book / Nat Gallery Of Aust

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Patricia Piccinini
Helen Mcdonald

$69.95 – Hardcover book / 37 Lower Fort Street Dawes Point Nsw 2000 Po Box 95 Annandale 2038

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Artists Of The Western Desert
Greg Weight

$79.95 – Paperback book / Anness Publishing

This is essentially a book of portrait studies of more than 80 senior artists of the Western Desert art movement. Each stunning full-page portrait, reproduced in duotone, is accompanied on its opposite page by an example... Buy or find out more 


How Aborigines Invented The Idea Of Contemporary Art: An Anthology Of Writing On Aboriginal Art 1980-2006
Ian McLean (Ed)

$49.95 – Paperback book / Power Inst Fine Arts

This is the first anthology to chronicle the global critical reception of Aboriginal art since the early 1980s, when the art world began to understand it as contemporary art. Featuring 96 authorsincluding art critics and... Buy or find out more 



William Dobell: An Artist's Life
Elizabeth Donaldson

$49.99 – Hardcover book / Exisle Publications

This high-quality, exquisitely produced book, is a celebration of the life and art of William Dobell, considered to be one of Australias greatest artists. Dobell was the first artist to win both the Wynne Prize for lands... Buy or find out more 


Face Australian Portraits 1880 1960
Gray Anne And Radford Ron

$39.95 – Paperback book / Nat Gallery Of Aust

Featuring over 50 portraits by some 40 artists, this book takes a fresh look at Australian portraiture from the 1880s late colonial period to the mid 1960s and the move into abstraction. Face considers the international ... Buy or find out more 



Painting The Rocks The Loss Of Old Sydney
Ashton Paul Et Al

$49.95 – Hardcover book / Historic Houses Trust

Against the backdrop of slum clearances, wharf rebuilding and debates about working-class living conditions, a group of artists set out to capture Old Sydney before it disappeared in the citys transition to a modern metr... Buy or find out more 


Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-67
Kathie Sutherland

$130.00 – Hardcover book / Macmillan

Kathie Sutherland's scrupulously researched and expertly written account of Brett Whiteley's formative decade, 1957 - 67, is essential reading for all who wish to better understand this charismatic artist and the develop... Buy or find out more 



William Creek and Beyond: Australian Artists Explore The Outback (2nd Edition)
Ken McGregor

$79.95 – Hardcover book / Craftsman House

Second edition of the book documenting ten artists who embarked on an artistic adventure from a camp based in the tiny settlement of William Creek, perched on the edge of barren Lake Eyre in South Australia. With their d... Buy or find out more 


Russell Drysdale
Lou Klepac

$125.00 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books

This definitive work on Russell Drysdale, in print for 26 years, has been redesigned with an elegant, spacious layout to make the paintings come alive for a new generation. More than 160 colour plates illustrate the work... Buy or find out more 



Fairweather
Murray Bail

$125.00 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books

Scottish-born artist Ian Fairweather (1891-1974) is a giant amongst Australian painters. He is revered by fellow artists. Shaped by European modernism - post-impressionism and cubism - Fairweather was a recluse drawn to ... Buy or find out more 


Robert Dowling Tasmanian Son Of Empire
John Jones

$49.95 – Paperback book / Nat Gallery Of Aust

Robert Dowling (1827-1886) holds a special place in the history of Australian art as its first home-grown artist. His work shows great diversity, covering portraits of Australian colonial society, genre, Oriental and bib... Buy or find out more 



Fairweather Man

$24.95 – Digital video disc / Abc Dvd

Fairweather Man - An intimate portrait of the life and work of Australia's greatest abstract painter Ian Fairweather. When Ian died alone in Queensland in 1974 Australia not only lost a great artist but one of our greate... Buy or find out more 


Artist Of Exceptional Talent 1943 2007
Alan Peascod

$90.00 – Hardcover book /

One of the most influential contributors to the understanding of ceramics in Australia, Alan Peascod was able to balance a rigorous research program with teaching and studio work. The form, decoration and colour of Peasc... Buy or find out more 



Before And After Science: 2010 Adelaide Biennial Of Australian Art
Charlotte Day and Sarah Tutton

$29.95 – Paperback book / Art Gallery Of South Australia

The Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art is the pre-eminent survey of contemporary Australian art, providing an important snapshot of some of the most exciting new works being created in our country right now. This substa... Buy or find out more 


For the Love of Nature: E. E. Gostelow's Birds and Flowers
Christobel Mattingly

$29.95 – Hardcover book / National Lib Of Aust

Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944) began his 50-year-long teaching career at the age of 15. He was a keen naturalist and took every opportunity to study the local plants and birds. Gostelow would liven up his blackboar... Buy or find out more 



Women Of Flowers
Leonie Norton

$34.95 – Paperback book / National Lib Of Aust

Renowned botanical artist Leonie Norton pays tribute to those who came before her in this beautiful full-colour book, illustrated with over 100 exquisite botanical paintings. Ten Australian women artists are showcased he... Buy or find out more 


Looking At Paintings: A Private View
Richard Cottrell

$69.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books

This book draws together an eclectic and highly personal mix of painters: from Picasso to Carpaccio, from Cranach to Nolan. The connecting thread between these diverse works, which span six centuries, is international th... Buy or find out more 



 

I Blame Duchamp
Edmund Capon

$49.95$33.95 – Hardcover book / Lantern Books

'My musings on art could be described as a benign diatribe; one inspired by a genuine if watchful passion.'

In this sweeping collection of essays, Edmund Capon describes his lifelong fascination with art and the artists ... Buy or find out more 


Tim Johnson Painting Ideas
Tunnicliffe And Ewington

$14.95 – Paperback book / Queensland Art Gal.

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Arnold Shore Pioneer And Modernist
Rob Haysom

$99.00 – Hardcover book / Palgrave

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Days Of Summer
Salvatore Zofrea

$65.00 – Hardcover book / Salvatore Zofrea (Mosman Art Gallery)

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Menagerie Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture
Nicole Foreshew and Brian Parkes (Eds)

$49.95 – Paperback book / Object Gallery

Accompanying a major touring exhibition of the same name, this elegant publication highlights the richness and breadth of contemporary Indigenous sculpture in Australia through the innovative work of 33 Aboriginal and To... Buy or find out more 


The Psychology Of Trees
Jenny Bolis

$35.00 – Paperback book /

The Psychology of Trees is a collection of dramatically dark images by Jenny Bolis.

The viewer is invited to discover the mystery of female psychology, as we are drawn into a dreamstate of female intuition, architecture ... Buy or find out more 



After Fire: A Biography of Clifton Pugh
Sally Morrison

$65.00 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant

Born in Richmond, Victoria, in 1924, Clifton Pugh rose to prominence as a portrait and landscape painter, winning the Archibald Prize three times and an Order of Australia medal in 1985. After attending the National Gall... Buy or find out more 


Blood Language
Judy Watson

$39.99 – Paperback book / Miegunyah Press

Judy Watson is one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists. Her art explores territory that includes the dispossessed Indigenous Australians with whom she shares a family history and heritage. Judy Watson’s art is in... Buy or find out more 



Performances: 1971 to 2008
Mike Parr

$199.00 – Hardcover book / Black Inc

Mike Parr is Australia’s most significant performance artist. His contribution to the development and establishment of performance art in Australia remains continuous and resolute. Parr’s dedication and research into the... Buy or find out more 


 

Art Of Australia: Volume One
John McDonald

$125.00$49.95 – Hardcover book / Macmillan

"I have on my desk the printer's proof of Art of Australia. It is quite simply the most beautiful book I've ever been involved with. The text is marvellous - fascinating, compelling and definitive from Australia's pre-em... Buy or find out more 



Someone's Universe: The Art Of Eugene Carchesio

$29.95 – Paperback book / Queensland Art Gal.

Someone's Universe: The Art of Eugene Carchesio is a focused survey of work by the leading Queensland contemporary artist, Eugene Carchesio. Known for his repeated use of particular images and patterns, his work has an o... Buy or find out more 


John Brack
Brack Helen & Giffin Sasha

$49.95 – Paperback book / Nat Gallery Of Vic

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Lives Of The Papunya Tula Artists
Vivien Johnson

$99.95 – Hardcover book / Iad Press

Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists by Vivien Johnson presents, as never before, the biographies of over 200 Western Desert painters from the world-acclaimed Papunya Tula Artists company in Alice Springs. Established in 19... Buy or find out more 


Rosalie Gascoigne
Kelly Gellatly

$49.95 – Trade paperback / Nat Gallery Of Vic

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New Beginnings: Classic Paintings from the Corrigan Collection of 21st Century Aboriginal Art
Emily McCulloch Childs, Ross Gibson

$79.95 – Hardcover book /

For more than 40 years leading businessman Pat Corrigan has been one of Australia’s largest and most significant arts benefactors. A strong supporter of the innovative and of living artists, post-2000 Pat turned his eye ... Buy or find out more 


When You Think About Art: Ewing And George Paton Gallery 1971-2008
Helen Vivian

$40.00 – Hardcover book / Macmillan

A history of Melbourne’s iconic Ewing and George Paton Gallery. The title is taken from the first of the Ewing Gallery’s famous Ideas Shows. ‘The Letter Show,’ July 1974, asked artists and others to respond to the questi... Buy or find out more 



Destiny Deacon Walk And Dont Look Blak

$29.95 – Paperback book / Mca

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Brook Andrew Theme Park
Langton Marcia Et Al

$39.95 – Hardcover book / 37 Lower Fort Street Dawes Point Nsw 2000 Po Box 95 Annandale 2038

Brook Andrew is an Indigenous Melbourne-based artist who works with neon, installation, photo-media, mixed-media, performance and video. Andrew challenges cultural and historical perception, using text and image to comme... Buy or find out more 



Cross Currents: Focus On Contemporary Australian Art
Museum Of Contemporary Art

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Contemporary Australia: Optimism

$45.00 – Paperback book / Queensland Art Gal.

More than 60 contemporary Australian artists feature in this publication produced for ‘Contemporary Australia: Optimism’, the first in a major new national triennial series of thematic Australian art exhibitions. It expl... Buy or find out more 



Redback Graphix
Anna Zagala

$39.95 – Paperback book / Nat Gallery Of Aust

Redback Graphix will bowl readers over with colour and edgy social comment. From 1979-94 design and screen printing studio Redback Graphix produced posters that combined witty graphics with eye-watering colours to give v... Buy or find out more 


Rick Amor
Gavin Fry

$120.00 – Hardcover book / The Beagle Press

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Written In The Land: The Life Of Queenie Mckenzie
Jennifer Joi Field

$59.95 – Paperback book / Melbourne Books

This beautifully produced book tells the story of Queenie McKenzie, a remarkable indigenous woman from the remote East Kimberley in Western Australia. Now deceased, Queenie was an important cultural leader, revered Abori... Buy or find out more 


Papunya: A Place Made After the Story, the Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement
Geoffrey Bardon

$59.95 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press

In 1971, a hopeful, young art teacher drove the long, lonely road from Alice Springs to the Aboriginal outpost settlement at Papunya. His name was Geoffrey Bardon. Eighteen months later, he left Papunya, defeated by a ho... Buy or find out more 



Fiona Hall
Julie Ewington

$88.00 – Hardcover book / 37 Lower Fort Street Dawes Point Nsw 2000 Po Box 95 Annandale 2038

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Tim Maguire
Tony Godfrey

$99.00 – Hardcover book / 37 Lower Fort Street Dawes Point Nsw 2000 Po Box 95 Annandale 2038

Tim Maguire paints images of overwhelming beauty. Frequently cinematic in scale and distinctive for their rich colouration and technical skill, his works hover between realism and abstraction. The enormous scale of his s... Buy or find out more 



 

Tracey Moffatt Between Dreams And Reality
Filippo Maggia Ed

$59.95$15.95 – Paperback book / Skira

Making art is quite therapeutic, Tracey Moffatt once said of herself. This brief statement reveals much of the artist’s personality and above all about her manner of interpreting the artistic experience, a practice that ... Buy or find out more 


Utopia The Genius Of Emily Kame Kngwarreye
National Museum Of Australia

$59.95 – Paperback book / National Museum Of Australia

Emily Kame Kngwarreye is one of the most important abstract painters of the 20th century and one of the most significant artists that Australia has ever produced. Emily’s strikingly modern and beautifully innovative work... Buy or find out more 



Julie Rrap: Body Double
Victoria Lynn

$69.95 – Hardcover book / 37 Lower Fort Street Dawes Point Nsw 2000 Po Box 95 Annandale 2038

Victoria Lynn explores the persona of the ‘trickster’ in Rrap’s work and the theme of the ‘body double’ in her photography, sculpture and installations. Buy or find out more 


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