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Landmarks by Owen Marshall; Grahame Sydney; Brian Turner
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
A handsome, landmark book celebrating the work of three of our literary and artistic heavyweights. The complementary work of artist Grahame Sydney, fiction writer Owen Marshall and poet Brian Turner was first brought together in the hugely successful Timeless Land in 1995. Its pages showed their shared, ...Show more
Me, According to the History of Art by Dick Frizzell
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
A FAST-PACED ROMP THROUGH THE HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING WITH ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S BEST-KNOWN PAINTERS. Throughout his long career, New Zealand painter Dick Frizzell has often goneway out on a limb to see where it would take him. From his early Pop art influenced approach to his experiments with landsc ...Show more
It's in the Post by Rachael Reid
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
What better way to put a smile on your trusted postie's face than by requiring them to poke your mail into a pig's snout? Why not give passing tourists a chuckle with a converted microwave by your front gate? When it comes to showing off our DIY ingenuity, Kiwis from across the country have risen to the ...Show more
The New Zealand Art Activity Book: 100+ Ideas for Creative Kids by Helen Lloyd
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
Much, much more than just colouring-in or joining-the-dots, this superb 200-page art activity book draws on the latest educational knowledge and results of testing by real kids and teachers at Te Papa and beyond. It encourages creativity, lateral thinking, and pure enjoyment in art. The book is designed ...Show more
Jillion: A Selection from Toitoi Journals (HB) by Toitoi
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Series: Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists
“One thing I wish people understood about me is that I have a story to tell” — Elaf Abduljawad, age 11 The Jillion is a collection of incredible work from Toitoi Issues 1-12. Written and illustrated by New Zealand’s young writers and artists ages 5-13, the Jillion is a celebration of their curiosity, ...Show more
Moko: Maori Tattooing in the 20th Century by Michael King
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
Moko is written by Michael King, one of New Zealand's most celebrated historians, and photographed by Marti Friedlander, one of the country's most eminent photographers. One of New Zealand's iconic books, originally published in 1972, it was a milestone in New Zealand publishing. Maori subject matter w ...Show more
How to Look at a Painting by Justin Paton
$26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
This book needs no introduction. Out of stock for several months, it now returns by popular demand – with an eye-catching new cover by Awa Press Young Designer of the Year Keely O'Shannessy and expanded illustration section – and still at the same RRP! Justin Paton's brilliant TV series has had repeate ...Show more
Art-tastic (HB) by Sarah Pepperle; Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
This Art-tastic activity book has some of the best art you'll ever see in Aotearoa New Zealand. And don't freak out, but you'll probably learn stuff too. By the time you've finished, you'll have your own artists' workbook full of artworks that will possibly make you famous at home (if not around the wo ...Show more
McCahon Country by Justin Paton
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
'My painting tells you where I am at any given time, where I am living and the direction I am pointing in.' - Colin McCahon. McCahon (1919-1987) is widely recognised as an outstanding figure in twentieth century art whose ground-breaking work over four decades changed the way we see this country, while ...Show more
Karl Maughan by Hannah Valentine (Editor); Gabriella Stead (Editor)
$80.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
A walk through the intricate painted gardens of Karl Maughan, one of New Zealand's most-loved contemporary artists. For more than three decades, Karl Maughan has created intricately painted gardenscapes, developing his own visual language to explore the forms of nature and the nature of form. Born in 1 ...Show more
Thinking it Through by Tony Watkins
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
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”. She also invited Har ...Show more
Frances Hodgkins European Journeys by Catherine Hammond & Mary Kisler
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art
A vivid and revealing book published alongside a landmark exhibition focused on one of New Zealand’s most internationally recognised artists, Frances Hodgkins. Marking the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth New Zealand-born Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) arrived in London in 1901 and, by the 1920s, h ...Show more
