Arts Year Book 6: Sixth Annual Review of the Arts in New Zealand by Eric Lee-Johnson (ed.)

$65.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No. 3: 1947 by Howard Wadman (ed.)

$65.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

The Weight of the Captain's Wrist: Peter Ireland History Paintings by Peter Ireland

$25.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: near fine

The first monograph of the New Zealand painter Peter Ireland this book surveys his practice, on the theme of Captain Cooks voyages to the Pacific. Irelands exquisite, detailed and enigmatic history painting is beautifully reproduced in this 100pp., spot varnished, offset reproduction, to reflect the oil on paper originals. Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the first sustained European contact with Aotearoa New Zealand, this book features 69 works from, mostly, Irelands ongoing James Cook series and the associated Waitangi Wallpaper series, supported by a number of related works from his Curator, Panorama and continuing Sampler series. These series represent about one-third of his total art practice. Together, the images constitute a continuing conversation between historical characters and the events in which they figured, interweaving our national history with European painting traditions. As writer Gerald Barnett states in his essay (p.11) There is another dimension to Irelands practice that intersects with but is not conditioned by the national frame. He is a religious painter and his use of symbolism draws on Catholic concepts of signification as well as Renaissance painting traditions and exemplars. It is not that motifs in his art point beyond themselves to transcendent meaning, or that representations usher the viewer into contemplative understanding.Ireland does not have some doctrinal cargo to unload on the viewer, but he does attach his work to the language, history and examples of religious painting in the European tradition, and he does bring this into alignment with a colonial history. This is accomplished in a way that leaves the viewer uncomfortably situated between different orders of meaning and understanding. Peter Ireland has been painting full-time since late 1976. He has exhibited regularly and widely in both solo and group shows, he is also known as a writer and curator of photography. ...Show more

Flight Patterns by Cornelia H. Butler; Weng C. Lee; Francis Pound; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Staff

$25.00 NZD

Category: Art | Reading Level: very good

Flight Patterns highlights contemporary artists primarily working in the Pacific Basin--Southern California, Canada, New Zealand and Australia--whose work addresses the specific topographical conditions and experience of living in this geographically and geopolitically dynamic region. As its conceptual foundation, Flight Patterns rethinks topographical practices of photography since the 1970s, looking at current manifestations of the topographical impulse in landscape-oriented work. The exhibition and its accompanying catalogue include new projects, recent work from the 1990s, and historically significant works of photography, film, video and painting by 23 artists including Doug Aitken, Rodney Graham, Anthony Hernandez, Tracey Moffatt, Paul Outerbridge, Allan Sekula, Miles Coolidge and Simon Leung. Flight Patterns introduces the work of West Coast American artists as well as those artists working in regions where there is a parallel history of landscapes and their representation, and where similar postcolonial issues are at stake. A landmark artistic, social and geographical document, Flight Patterns highlights a diversity of artistic approaches--both formalist and conceptual--to one of the most fascinating and complex areas of the planet. ...Show more

Rooms to Love : Style Inspiration for Every Home by LeeAnn Yare

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Discover your inner stylist with the help of this gorgeous book that showcases creative ideas for every room. Drawing from inspirational New Zealand home interiors, stylist LeeAnn Yare and photographer Larnie Nicolson, authors of New Zealand Interior Style, share clever styling tricks for living areas, kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms through to those often neglected spaces such as hallways, laundries and home offices. With decorating ideas catering to every budget,Rooms to Loveis a must-have for anyone seeking to transform their home into something more stylish. ...Show more

Victorian Bank Architecture in New Zealand by Robin H. Griffin

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

A book which explains the history of banking, the history of architecture and the place of Victorian bank architecture in its historical context.

Vintage Wellington by Charles Fearnley

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Thinking it Through by Tony Watkins

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Thinking it through was originally published in Home and Building from 1988 to 1996 when Kirsty Robertson, then editor for “Home and Building” invited Tony Watkins, who had for many years been a contributor to the magazine, to begin a new column called simply, “Thinking it through&rdqu o;. She also invited Haruhiko Sameshima to contribute a photograph for each column. Haru had never met Tony. For each issue Tony sent an article to Haru and Haru replied with a photograph. Tony in turn responded to each photograph with another article in the next issue. This book is the story of that conversation between an author and a photographer. Tony Watkins’ multifaceted career includes architect, author, educator, activist among others. In his role as educator and through various organisations Tony has helped form local and global policy on sustainable development and architecture. He is one of the founders of International Architects Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility, initiator of Agenda 21, and the Peaceful Cities concept at the UN Habitat II Conference in Istanbul in 1996. As co-director of the International Union of Architects Sustainability Work Programme, representing more than 27 million architects globally, he advocated vernacular architecture which sustains the life of the planet and does no harm to stories, traditions, culture and place. Tony has also authored numerous books and articles including: “The Human House,” “Piglet the Great of Karaka Bay,” and “Vernacular – An architecture for the RMA and Agenda 21. This is a unique book featuring 46 essays that richly profile Tony’s accumulated philosophies on sustainability, architecture and environment, each illustrated by Haru’s photographs. ...Show more

Britomart The Story by Carol Du Chateau

$65.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Carroll du Chateau describes how the opportunity to restore the site and the heritage buildings was nearly lost late last century, as major demolition plans had already been put in place. Fortunately for Auckland, that never happened and instead Cooper and Company were selected to join with Auckland Cou ncil to transform the area through a public/private partnership.  With a beautiful photographic record of the redevelopment and anecdotes from many of those involved – our favourite tells of a squatter hotwiring one of the historic buildings – the book celebrates the history of this pivotal Auckland waterfront precinct.  ...Show more

Architecture Uncooked: An Architect Looks Around New Zealand Holiday Houses by Pip Cheshire

$55.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

So much has been written about that national treasure, the traditional Kiwi bach. Here's a book that approaches the subject in a fresh and unique way. Pip Cheshire, a former partner in Jasmax and now an architect with his own highly regarded practice, has designed some of New Zealand's most significant public and private buildings. In this book he partners with leading architectural photographer Patrick Reynolds to visit seven holiday houses that represent bach living and bach architecture. The dwellings range from an isolated mountain bach in the South Island to a new small house in Northland. Each house and its hinterland is lovingly and expertly photographed by Patrick Reynolds so the reader feels as though they are really standing there on site. Lyrical and lovely, the text still gets to grips with the issues facing baches in this era of soaring coastal property prices, building consents and look-at-me aspiration. ...Show more

New Zealand House and Cottage by Don Donovan

$15.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Art Deco Napier - Styles of the Thirties by Peter Shaw; Peter Hallett

$25.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good