The Invisible Dragon - Essays on Beauty and Other Matters: 30th Anniversary Edition by Dave Hickey; Gary Kornblau (Editor)
$59.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design
An expanded edition of Hickey's controversial and exquisitely written apologia for beauty?championed by artists, reviled by art critics, and as powerful as ever 30 years onThe 30th anniversary cloth edition brings back into print Dragon's four essays on beauty and commingles them with newly discovered e ...Show more
Lesley Dumbrell: Thrum by Anne Ryan (Editor, Text by); Terence Maloon (Text by); Juliette Peers (Text by); Consuelo Cavaniglia (Text by); Scott Elliot (Contribution by)
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Lesley Dumbrell (b1941) is one of Australia's most remarkable abstract artists. A stalwart of the women's art movement in the 1970s, Dumbrell is known for her sophisticated and lyrical abstract paintings and works on paper. Highly ordered and exactly rendered, her immersive and compelling work transport ...Show more
Drawing: a Complete Guide - A Complete Guide by Stephen C. P. Gardner
$79.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Comprehensive, practical and easy to follow - the ideal introduction to the art of drawing for students, amateurs and beginners of all kinds. A comprehensive practice-based guide to the art of drawing, this book provides a chapter-by-chapter overview of key elements of drawing (such as line, shape, ton ...Show more
Riso Art A Creative's Guide to Mastering Risography by VIVIAN TOH
$57.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
A practical guide to Risograph printing for anyone who wants to broaden their printing horizons and be inspired by the wide variety of possibilities offered by this relatively easy-to-use and fascinating technique. In recent years risography has captured the attention of printers and artists, especiall ...Show more
Botanical Inspiration: Nature in Art and Illustration by Victionary
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
A world without plants is a world without life, both literally and figuratively. Besides forming the very basis of human survival on Earth, they are also an important source of creative inspiration, ingenuity, and expression. From scientific explorers like Sir Joseph Banks who travelled across the globe ...Show more
Utsuwa Japanese Objects for Everyday Use by Kylie Johnson, Tiffany Johnson
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
A piece must be practical enough to be used every day. It must be crafted at its place of origin, using traditional techniques and materials. And it must be handmade. Japanese craft has long been revered for its quality and beauty, and skilled craftwork remains an important part of Japanese life. 'Utsu ...Show more
Body of Art by Phaidon Editors
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Body of Art is the first book to explore the various ways the human body has been both an inspiration and a medium for artists over hundreds of thousands of years. Unprecedented in its scope, it examines the many different manifestations of the body in art, from Anthony Gormley and Maya Lin sculptures t ...Show more
Songlines Tracking the Seven Sisters by Margo Neale (Editor)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design
This stunning companion to the National Museum of Australia's blockbuster Indigenous-led exhibition, Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, explores the history and meaning of songlines, the Dreaming or creation tracks that crisscross the Australian continent, of which the Seven Sisters songline is one ...Show more
Ninth Street Women - Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art by Mary Gabriel
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Reading Level: very good
The rich, revealing, and thrilling story of five women whose lives and painting propelled a revolution in modern art, from the National Book Award finalist. Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exh ...Show more
Frida Kahlo at Home by Suzanne Barbezat
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Frida Kahlo at Home explores the influence of Mexican culture and tradition, the Blue House and other places Frida travelled to and called home, on her life and work. Fully illustrated, the book features Frida's paintings together with archive images and family photographs, objects and artefacts she co ...Show more
Gunyah Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia by Paul Memmott
$120.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Here is the definitive guide to Australian Indigenous architecture, comprehensively updated to showcase the flourishing Indigenous design practices reshaping Australia's architectural landscape. The award-winning Gunyah Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia is the only continental ...Show more
Why Are We 'Artists'?: 100 World Art Manifestos by Jessica Lack
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
'Art is not a luxury. Art is a basic social need to which everyone has a right'. This extraordinary collection of 100 artists' manifestos from across the globe over the last 100 years brings together activists, post-colonialists, surrealists, socialists, nihilists and a host of other voices. From the Ne ...Show more