Art Visionaries by Mark Getlein
$65.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Series: Visionaries
This compelling book chronicles 75 of the most influential artists from the dawn of the 20th century to the present, and from around the world. Each entry provides a fascinating insight into the artist and his or her vision of what they were trying to do, while also acknowledging the lasting effect or i ...Show more
Art of D*Face - One Man and His Dog by D*Face
$65.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
D*Face has been a leading figure in urban art for well over a decade. A contemporary of Banksy, he is at the forefront of the urban art movement and has had a constant presence throughout its meteoric rise into popular culture. This long-awaited monograph shows the development of his career as an artist ...Show more
Art of Osamu Tezuka - God of Manga by MCCARTHY Helen
$84.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
Osamu Tezuka has often been called the Walt Disney of Japan, but he was far more than that. Tezuka was Disney, Stan Lee, Alan Moore, Tim Burton and Carl Sagan, all rolled into one incredibly prolific package and he changed the face of Japanese culture forever. This lavishly packaged book reveals what ma ...Show more
Artists' Impressions of New Zealand by Denis Robinson
$55.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
Denis Robinson's latest offering is something of an artist's road trip - a journey from the top to the bottom of New Zealand through the paintings of nearly 60 artists. The tour begins with Northland and runs cross-country to the south of the South Island. Work from more than one artist highlights the n ...Show more
Artwork by Peter Campbell
$60.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: very good
Peter Campbell was the resident designer and art critic for the London Review of Books. He worked for the magazine from its first appearance in 1979 and wrote more than 300 pieces, mainly about art but also about such things as escalators, weeds, bicycles, bridges and hearts. Each fortnight from 1996 on ...Show more
Auctioneer: A Memoir of Great Art, Legendary Collectors and Record-Breaking Auctions by Simon de Pury
$33.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
Simon de Pury is the art world's ultimate insider. His roles have included curator of the world-famous Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, and founder and owner of Sotheby's rival Phillips de Pury. His exuberant style, showmanship and iconoclasm in a highly conservative professi ...Show more
Banksy by Will Ellsworth-Jones
$60.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
For someone who shuns the limelight by concealing his real name, never showing his face and never giving interviews except by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. In his home town of Bristol, in Los Angeles, in London, in New York, where there is a Banksy exhibition there is always a queue - often three ...Show more
Banksy - the Man Behind the Wall by Will Ellsworth-Jones
$40.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
For someone who shuns the limelight by concealing his real name, never showing his face and never giving interviews except by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. Whether there is a Banksy exhibition in Bristol, Los Angeles, London or New York, there is always a queue - often three hours long. His book o ...Show more
Basquiat by Leonhard Emmerling
$35.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
This title is about one of the most admired artists to emerge from the 1980s art boom. From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was catapulted to international fame in his early 20s and died of a drug-overdose at 27 ...Show more
Bauhaus by Magdalena Droste
$30.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
Best of Bauhaus: An in-depth study of the seminal movement in art and architecture... The Bauhaus Archiv Museum of Design in Berlin holds the most important collection on the Bauhaus today. Documents, workshop products from all areas of design, studies sketches in the classroom, and architectural plans ...Show more
Before I Forget by Jacqueline Fahey
$45.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: Very Good
Before I Forget is the second volume of memoirs by well-known painter, feminist and writer Jacqueline Fahey. In her first volume, Something for the Birds (AUP, 2006), Fahey described her childhood in Timaru and bohemian life as an art student. 'With this richly detailed and warm-toned memoir, Fahey look ...Show more