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James Turrell
A Retrospective
To encounter a work by American artist James Turrell is to enter another world—a realm where eye and mind meet. The artist engages us, the viewers, in order to make us witnesses of his focus...
ISBN: 9780642334510
more detailsArthur Boyd
Agony and Ecstacy
Arthur Boyd: Agony and Ecstasy is a major exhibition of Boyd’s art including more than 100 works across diverse media: paintings, prints, drawings, ceramic tiles and sculptures, and tapestries. This publication provides the opportunity to...
ISBN: 9780642334534
more detailsAtua
Sacred Gods from Polynesia
The Polynesian concept of atua — of gods, figurative objects and associated beliefs — developed over thousands of years and spread throughout the region. The superb examples of sculpture illustrated in this volume provide an...
ISBN: 9780642334480
more detailsCollection Highlights
2014 Edition
Collection highlights is an essential book for any art lover’s library. Completely redesigned, updated and expanded, with magnificent illustrations of over 300 works, it is a concise and accessible introduction to the nation’s largest visual...
ISBN: 9780642334473
more detailsBali
Island of the Gods
Bali is easily the best known and most frequently visited island of Indonesia. Drawn exclusively from the National Gallery of Australia’s rich and varied holdings, Bali: Island of the Gods features some of the finest...
ISBN: 9780642334497
more detailsPeter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf is a Russian folk tale that has entranced children and adults for generations. Sixteen of Danila Vassilieff’s illustrations for the story are featured in this delightful publication by the National Gallery...
ISBN: 9780642334404
more detailsCulture Warriors
National Indigenous Art Triennial 07
Presenting the work of thirty artists from each Australian state and territory, the inaugural National Indigenous Art Triennial demonstrates the incredible range of contemporary Indigenous art practice. The works included were created during the past...
ISBN: 9780642542052
more detailsGeorge W. Lambert Retrospective
Heroes and Icons
George Washington Lambert (1873-1956) was one of Australia's most brilliant, witty, and influental artists, "the Australian Sargent," according to Barry Humphries. This comprehensive book presents the diverse range of Lambert's work from Australian bush subjects...
ISBN: 9780642541215
more detailsImpressions of Paris
Lautrec, Degas, Daumier
Impressions of Paris: Lautrec, Degas, Daumier examines the major contribution to French art made by three key figures: Honore Daumier, Edgar Degas, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. A generation apart, each was a consummate draftsman whose...
ISBN: 9780642334527
more detailsOur Land
A Puzzle Book of Indigenous Australian Art
This fun, colorful, and educational book introduces pre-schoolers to the art of Indigenous Australians and the idea of sharing and caring for our land. Children will develop their observation, manual-dexterity, and coordination skills as they...
ISBN: 9780642334442
more detailsPrinted Images in Colonial Australia, 1801-1901
This book reveals some of the remarkable colonial works that form the cornerstones of the National Gallery of Australia’s collection of Australian prints.
The earliest intaglio prints were produced in New South Wales by a free...
ISBN: 9780642541802
more detailsSpace Invaders
Australian Street | Stencils | Posters | Paste-ups | Zines | Stickers
Off the street and into the gallery. This exciting book looks at work from the past five years by some 35 contemporary artists from around Australia. Playful, edgy, clever, satirical and political, street art has...
ISBN: 9780642334114
more detailsAustralian Artists Books
Artists' books are works of art created in book form, or rather forms as there are a myriad of approaches such as pages in a box, scrolls, fold outs and even a Rolodex. They can...
ISBN: 9780642541864
more detailsDegas
The Uncontested Master
Born in Paris in 1834, Edgar Degas's art was considered radical in his adoption of modern subject matter and he became a key figure in the evolution of modern art. Degas: The Uncontested Master covers...
ISBN: 9780642541932
more detailsRichard Larter
This book recognizes and celebrates the work of one of Australia's most significant and engaging artists. Working from the late 1950s through to the present, Larter's work is at times audacious, confronting, political, and in...
ISBN: 9780642541741
more detailsImants Tillers
One World Many Visions
Imants Tillers: One World Many Visions is a landmark publication on a major Australian artist. Tillers's art received considerable international recognition in the 1980s. In 1986 he was slected as the artist to represent Australia...
ISBN: 9780642541505
more detailsMichael Riley
Sights Unseen
Michael Riley (1960-2004) was one of the most important contemporary Australian Indigenous visual artists of the past two decades. His contribution to the urban-based Indigenous visual arts industry was substantial and his film and video...
ISBN: 9780642541628
more detailsPapua New Guinea Prints
Papua New Guinea Prints is the first in-depth study of printmaking in Papua New Guinea from its beginnings in the late 1960s to the present. It explores the National Gallery of Australia's exceptional collection of...
ISBN: 9780642541680
more detailsGrace Crowley
Being Modern
Grace Crowley was a leading figure in the development of modernism in Australia. Born in rural New South Wales in 1890, Crowley’s life and art intersected with some of the major movements in twentieth century...
ISBN: 9780642541925
more detailsNo Ordinary Place
The Art of David Malangi
David Malangi (1927-1999) of the Manharrngu people was a leading figure in the development of the central Arnhem Land bark painting movement and holds a prominent place in Australian Aboriginal art. Made famous by his...
ISBN: 9780642541796
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