The Sun Is a Star - A Voyage Through the Universe by Dick Frizzell
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Reading Level: near fine
AN ENCHANTING BOOK ABOUT OUR GALAXY BY MUCH-LOVED PAINTER DICK FRIZZELL 'The universe - and everything in it - is always expanding into tomorrow . . . What a scene, eh? More magic than magic. Magic, mysterious and beautiful. And here we are. On the third rock from the sun, figuring it out.' In this ench ...Show more
Gordon Walters by Francis Pound; Leonard Bell (Foreword by)
90.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
The first substantial monograph on the art of one of this country's most influential artists, Gordon Walters. In this remarkable study by the late Francis Pound, author of the landmark Invention of New Zealand, we are introduced to the making of a New Zealand modernist - tracing the work of Gordon Walte ...Show more
Dear Colin, Dear Ron - The Selected Letters of Colin McCahon and Ron Reilly by Peter Simpson
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Reading Level: near fine
This substantial book of letters selected by esteemed Colin McCahon scholar Peter Simpson shines a light on one of the most remarkable relationships in New Zealand art. The painter Colin McCahon and the librarian Ron O'Reilly first met in 1938, in Dunedin, when McCahon was 19 and O'Reilly 24. They rem ...Show more
Don Binney - Flight Path by Gregory O'Brien
90.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
Painter, printmaker, teacher, writer and ornithologist Don Binney (1940 - 2012) was a mercurial presence on the New Zealand cultural scene from the time of his meteoric rise to fame in the early 1960s. His unmistakable, stylised depictions of birds have come to define an era in the development of the na ...Show more
The Weight of the Captain's Wrist: Peter Ireland History Paintings by Peter Ireland
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art | 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 ...Show more
Flora - Celebrating Our Botanical World by Editd by Carlos Lehnebach, Claire Regnault, Rebecca Rice, Isaac Te Awa and Rachel Yate
80.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
This big, glorious big book mines Te Papa's collections to explore and expand upon the way we think about our botanical world and its cultural imprint. A true treasure, it features over 400 selections by an expert, cross-disciplinary museum curatorial team that range from botanical specimens and art to ...Show more
Through Shaded Glass - Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860 -1960 by Lissa Mitchell
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
The contribution of women to the first century of photography has been overlooked across the world, including in New Zealand. With few exceptions, photographic histories have tended to focus on the male maker. This important book tilts the balance, unearthing a large and hitherto unknown number of women ...Show more
Artists in Antarctica by Patrick Shepherd (editor)
80.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Reading Level: near fine
What transformation happens when writers, musicians and artists stand in the vast, cold spaces of Antarctica? This book brings together paintings, photographs, texts and musical scores by Aotearoa New Zealand artists who have been to the ice. It explores the impact of this experience on their art and ar ...Show more
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