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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, deep connection to Central Otago, to its vast skies, its wide plains punctuated by jagged ranges, its unique colours and its dwarfing effect on the people who pass through it. Twenty-five years later, this lavish new volume from these three long-time friends showcases a rich selection of their subsequent work, including recently written, previously unpublished pieces. Through their own marks about the land and its people, be it in ink or paint, they offer a love song to the South Island, in particular Central Otago. ...Show more

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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 ape and the contested area ofappropriation, he's always been brave. Now, he takes on the history of art, starting right back at cave art to discover the key threads of Western art that sit in his DNA as a painter in the 21st century. The approach is essential Frizzell: bring everyone along for the ride. ...Show more

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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 challenge - of reimagining the humble letterbox. This very Kiwi collection showcases the letterboxes of Aotearoa: from the classic to the crazy, the elaborate to the sublime. From cool dudes to kombis, mako sharks to dairy cows, It's in the Post! is sure to delight, get your creative juices flowing and deliver some belly laughs along the way. ...Show more

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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 primarily for children aged 5-8 but will appeal to children of any age who are interested in drawing and being creative. Written and developed by Helen Lloyd, Senior Education Programmer at Te Papa, in consultation with Senior Art Curator Sarah Farrar, the book includes a wonderful range of drawing activities. Many of them are inspired by paintings, photographs, and prints from the national art collection. Colour reproductions of works by artists such as Colin McCahon, Rita Angus, and Michael Smither will engage and inspire children. Quotations from artists will stimulate children to think creatively, and 10 freshly commissioned drawings from contemporary New Zealand artists will let children's imaginations run wild. Activities include imaginative ideas for drawing and collage, fun ways to learn about using perspective, composition, and colour, guides for drawing portraits, landscapes, abstract art, and optical illusions ...and much more. ...Show more

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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, courage and creativity. With over 300 pages of original poetry, stories and art, this beautifully designed book will inspire readers of all ages! ...Show more

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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 as not thought to be of interest to the New Zealand public at that time, and the author and photographer were relative unknowns - Moko was their first book. To research this book, King and Friedlander travelled thousands of kilometres through the hinterland of New Zealand to find and speak with those who were tattooed, or with people who had first-hand knowledge of the custom. It is also the story of the last generation of Maori women who wore the traditional moko. Marti Friedlander's photographs illustrate with skill and compassion the moko itself, the women who wore it and the environments in which they lived. ...Show more

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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 d screenings during 2011 and 2012 on TV One and TVNZ7, and won a whole new audience for this acclaimed art writer. How to Look at a Painting was declared one of the Best Books of the Year by many, including the Listener.   ...Show more

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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 rld).  Bold, bright, daring and a little bit BANANAS, Art-tastic gets into the nitty gritty of how to look at, connect with and make art.  ...Show more

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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 engaging intensely with questions of faith, mortality, belonging and the power of art. In this landmark new book, published in association with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki on the 100th anniversary of McCahon's birth, celebrated writer and curator Justin Paton takes readers on a journey through the landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand, as the artist loved and painted it. From Otago to Canterbury, Takaka to Taranaki, Muriwai to Northland and many more places in between, Paton brings his curator's eye to a selection of nearly 200 of McCahon's paintings and drawings, including iconic and beloved works and others never before published, presented in fifteen themed sections offering fresh perspectives on McCahon's abiding concerns. In elegant, responsive and deeply compelling prose, the author traces McCahon's travels through New Zealand, charts his remarkable development as a painter and thinker, explores his deepening engagement with Maori culture and environmental issues, and reveals his vision of the land as a source of light, peace and spiritual sustenance. A book to introduce new viewers to McCahon's vision and to enlarge the view for those who know the work well, McCahon Countryilluminates the beauty, spiritual urgency and enduring power of McCahon's artworks. Above all, it shows the reader how McCahon's paintings get us looking at the world we live in with new eyes. 'McCahon is not only New Zealand's most significant or important artist. He is our most soulful artist, our most searching. He asks the most of art and the world it renders. One hundred years since his birth, he still wants to know what we should believe in and where we belong.' - Justin Paton ...Show more

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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 1 964 in Wellington, Maughan studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts before moving to London in 1994. His works can be found in the local collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū and the Wallace Arts Trust, while internationally he has been collected by major arts organisations including the Saatchi Collection and the Arts Council Collection, London. He now lives back in Wellington. Maughan's paintings present idyllic yet unsettling enclosed spaces, characterised by their claustrophobic and colourful atmosphere. Ever faithful to his garden subject, Maughan continues to captivate his audiences with contemporary interpretations of an age-old subject. This first book on one of New Zealand's leading living artists features more than 150 beautifully reproduced images of Maughan's work, while writers and artists from New Zealand and the United Kingdom explore the deeper meanings of Karl Maughan's painted gardens. ...Show more

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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 uhiko 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

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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 ad become a leading British modernist, exhibiting frequently with avant-garde artists such as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. Published to coincide with a touring exhibition of her work initiated by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, this book explores Hodgkins as a traveller across cultures and landscapes – teaching  and discovering the cubists in Paris, absorbing the landscape and light of Ibiza and Morocco, and exhibiting with the progressive Seven & Five Society in London. Complete with a rich visual chronology of the artist’s encounters abroad, alongside over one hundred of Hodgkins’ key paintings and drawings, the book is an illuminating journey that moves us from place to place through the writings of a number of distinguished national and international art historians, curators and critics: Frances Spalding (University of Cambridge, England), Alexa Johnston (Auckland-based writer and curator), Elena Taylor (University of New South Wales, Australia), Antoni Ribas Tur (Ara newspaper, Spain), and Julia Waite, Sarah Hillary, Catherine Hammond and Mary Kisler (Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand). ...Show more

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