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The Curatorial Conundrum: What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? by Paul O'Neill, Mick Wilson and Lucy Steeds (eds)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Today curators are sometimes more famous than the artists whose work they curate, and curatorship involves more than choosing objects for an exhibition. The expansion of the curatorial field in recent decades has raised questions about exhibition-making itself and the politics of production, display, an ...Show more
Max Gimblett by Wynstan Curnow
$60.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
This is the first major monograph on Max Gimblett and it provides an overview of his extraordinarily varied art practice as well as a glimpse of the man himself
Ai Weiwei - Humanity by Ai Weiwei Ai
$8.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Series: ISMs Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
Writings on human life and the refugee crisis by the most important political artist of our time Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) is widely known as an artist across media: sculpture, installation, photography, performance, and architecture. He is also one of the world's most important artist-activists and a powerf ...Show more
Ai Weiwei - Weiwei-Isms by Ai Weiwei; Larry Warsh (Editor)
$8.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Series: ISMs Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
This collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Ai Weiwei's thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and life. A master at communicating powerful ideas in astonishingly few words, Ai Weiwei is known for his innovative use of social media to disseminate his views. The short quotatio ...Show more
The Thames & Hudson Manual Of Bookbinding by Arthur W. Johnson
$16.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Series: Thames & Hudson Manuals | Reading Level: very good
Recounts the battle between Custer's cavalry and the united forces of the Sioux nation and describes what impact the battle had on the future of the Indians.
Paintings of the Birds of New Zealand: The Art of J G Keulemans by John G. Keulemans
$12.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
A beautifully packaged giftbook presentation of the famous, iconic paintings by J. G. Keulemans made for Buller's Birds.The paintings and drawings are accompanied by an expert introduction to Keulemans' work and extended captions to each of the plates.The fine printing and special quarter binding make t ...Show more
The Blue Guitar - Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso by Wallace Stevens; David Hockney (Illustrator)
$55.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Reading Level: good-very good
Art Now by Burkhard Riemschneider
$8.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: Icons Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Highlights from our popular Art at the Turn of the Millennium Two pages, with illustrations and biographical / bibliographical information, are devoted to each artist. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive guide in such a compact format
33 Artists in 3 Acts by Sarah Thornton
$14.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: good
Is being an artist a radical form of entrepreneurship or a vocational calling like the priesthood? Is it an extension of philosophy or an offshoot of entertainment? In three richly interlinked but distinct 'acts' - Politics, Kinship and Craft - Sarah Thornton compares and contrasts answers to the simple ...Show more
An American Artist in the South Seas by John La Farge
$16.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Series: Pacific Basin Books | Reading Level: good-very good
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.