Portrait of Frances Hodgkins by E.H. McCormick

$25.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Described by a London critic as "one of the most remarkable painters of our own or any other country", Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) had a long and venturesome career. This is an account of the artist's career, although not a full biography.

Public/Private: Tumatanui/Tumataiti: The 2nd Auckland Triennial, Aotearoa New Zealand, 20 March - 30 May 2004 by Ngahiraka Mason; Ewen McDonald; Auckland City Art Gallery Staff (Contribution by); University of Auckland Staff (Contribution by); Artspace (Auckland, N.Z.) Staff (Contribution by)

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Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Modern Paints Aotearoa by Sarah L Hillary

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Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Modern Paints Aotearoa presents major new research that explores the relationship between artistic innovation and painting materials in New Zealand during the mid-20th century. New synthetic paints provided liberation from earlier painting methods and were taken up with enthusiasm by many of New Zealand ’s best-known artists. Illustrated essays reveal the significance of modern materials and the cultural influence of America on many of the developments that revitalised New Zealand painting in the late 1950s to early 1970s. ...Show more

New Zealand Women Artists: A Survey of 150 Years by Anne Kirker

$80.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Fred Graham: Creator of Forms Te Tohunga Auaha by Fred Graham & Maria de Jong

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Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

This comprehensive survey of the art of Fred Graham details the artist’s life from his childhood in the Waikato to his career as a sculptor. Fred Graham is a leading figure in New Zealand’s art world. He began as an art teacher, and since 1984, he has been a full-time sculptor, producing a wealth of work and having sell-out exhibitions. His work is displayed in public spaces in New Zealand and several Pacific Rim countries. This book is richly illustrated with photographs of the artworks by award-wining photographer Geoff Dale, and it includes essays by Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Professor Robert Jahnke and Dr Jill Smith that discuss Fred Graham’s work in the context of New Zealand art. ...Show more

The Vault by Neil Pardington

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Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

This is a stunning new hardback catalogue designed by Neil Pardington. 65 full-colour images are accompanied by thought-provoking texts from Ken Hall and Anna-Marie White and an interview by Lara Strongman. This publication accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Christchurch Art Gallery from 6 N ovember 2009 - 14 March 2010. ...Show more

Don Peebles: The Harmony of Opposites by Justin Paton

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Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

In a very witty and thoughtful way, author Mike Hutcheson pricks bubbles and adds new twists on a roller coaster ride through subjects ranging from politics and lawmaking to cooking, ocean navigation, life in medieval England and bringing up children. Hilarious and thought provoking conclusions drawn on an eclectic range of topics ...Show more

Vivid: The Paul Hartigan Story by Don Abbott

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Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Vivid is a rare, career-spanning survey of New Zealand artist Paul Hartigan. Hartigan is the painter of the original Phantom, an icon in New Zealand art. He is also the creative mind behind some of New Zealand's best-known and loved public sculptures: the neon works Colony (Auckland), Whipping the Wind (Wellington) and Nebula Orion (Christchurch). Hartigan was often in the right place at the right time: as a schoolboy he was the protege of the progressive team that set up New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in 1970; in the late '70s he was half of the creative duo at Snake Studios; and in the mid-1980s he was the artistic talent behind the company Gone On Neon, which transformed Auckland's nightscape. The book is a unique mix of biography and art history, generously illustrated throughout, and will appeal to buyers of art books as well as those interested in New Zealand's visual and popular culture   ...Show more

New Zealand Painting: A Concise History by Dunn Michael

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Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

New Zealand Painting: A Concise History is a completely revised and updated edition of Michael Dunn's essential overview of New Zealand painting, A Concise History of New Zealand Painting. It is presented here in a new format as a companion volume to New Zealand Sculpture: A History (AUP, 2002). To his comprehensive survey of painting from colonial times Dunn now adds the painters and paintings of the 1990s, bringing the book up to the present day.Several of the original chapters are extended and a completely new chapter covers the exciting area of contemporary painting by Maori and Pacific Island artists. The book includes over 130 colour plates, many of which are new in this edition, along with nearly 50 black and white reproductions. No reader, no institution can afford to be without Dunn's two books celebrating the creativity, the diversity and the talent of New Zealand artists. ...Show more

The Making of the Ciao Manhattan Tapes by Jacqueline Fraser

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Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

The Ferrier-Watson Collection of Watercolours by John Kinder by Gordon H. Brown

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Category: New Zealand | Series: Waikato Art Gallery Bulletin | Reading Level: very good

Maria Ellen: The Other Mrs Kinder by Diana Stuart Masters

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Category: New Zealand | Series: Kinder Lecture | Reading Level: very good