Ways of Drawing - Studio Space, Open Space, Inner Space by Julian Bell; Royal Drawing School Staff; Anon
$65.00 NZD
Category: General
Ways of Drawing brings together a sophisticated, exciting range of reflections on markmaking by practising artists, teachers and writers. From explorations of how it feels to draw and personal accounts of artistic development, to short, imaginative propositions for looking, understanding and experiencin ...Show more
Why Do We Need Art? What Do We Gain by Being Creative? and Other Big Questions by Michael Rosen; Annemarie Young
$30.96 NZD
Category: General | Series: And Other Big Questions
A highly topical look at the role of art and the importance of creativity in our lives and the wider world. Art, in its widest sense, encompasses many different forms, from painting and poetry to dance, pottery and quilting and much else besides. Creativity is an essential part of what makes us human a ...Show more
Yayoi Kusama : Infinity Mirrors by Mika Yoshitake
$110.00 NZD
Category: General
World-renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has worked in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, performance art, and installation. Kusama's iconic Infinity Mirror Rooms, which originated with Phalli's Field in 1965, situate viewers in kaleidoscopic spaces filled with multicolored lights or ...Show more
Yoshitomo Nara by Yeewan Koon
$200.00 NZD
Category: General
The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yoshitomo NaraYoshitomo Nara rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, a star in a generation of avant-garde Japanese artists associated with the neo-Pop 'Superflat' movement. This book, made in close collaboration with Nara himse ...Show more
You Will be Able to Draw Manga by the End of this Book by Laura Watton
$35.00 NZD
Category: General
The perfect book for any budding manga artist! Learn to draw manga from scratch, and get a crash course in creating your own characters, worlds and stories with the help of this guided sketchbook. Get started with easy step-by-step instructions for drawing manga facial features and bodies. Next, put y ...Show more
You Will be Able to Draw by the End of This Book by Jake Spicer
$30.00 NZD
Category: General | Series: You Will Be Able to Draw ... Ser.
This book is for anybody who wants to draw more, whether you are learning from scratch or developing existing skills. When you're learning to draw, the most important thing you'll own is a sketchbook, and this is a sketchbook with training wheels. Let go of your fear and unlock drawing skills that you n ...Show more
conetendown - Studio Pottery in New Zealand, 1945-1980 by Moyra Elliott; Damian Skinner; Damon Moon
$50.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: near fine
In the 1960s and 70s not only did potters flourish around the country but it seems that everyone's mum was producing mugs and bowls at night class. This phenomenon was part of a particualr philosophy of pottery - local materials and natural-looking forms, glazes and designs. All those small brown pots a ...Show more
graf/AK by Fraser Munro
$40.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
graf/AK contains over 350 full colour photographs by New Zealand photographer Fraser Munro. Munro's captivating photography documents the constant evolution of Auckland's world-renowned graffiti walls and our city's internationally-admired innovative graf style.
...isms : Understanding Art by Stephen Little
$35.00 NZD
Category: General
This is an easy to use guide to a wide range of art 'isms'. From the isms of the Renaissance to the isms of now, it gives a practical introduction to all the significant isms that have shaped art history. For each ism, there is a definition, an introduction to the topic, lists of key artists, key words, ...Show more
.. isms - Understanding Modern Art by Sam Phillips
$25.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: near fine
This is a handy guide to the art 'isms' of the modern day. From impressionism and the birth of modern art to street art and internationalism of the 21st century, it gives a practical introduction to all the significant 'isms' that have shaped modern art history.
pressPLAY: Contemporary Artists in Conversation by Phaidon
$90.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: near fine
50 contemporary artists interviewed by 50 of today's key art thinkers. A personal encounter with 50 of the world's most significant contemporary artists, pressPLAY draws together the full texts of the complete Phaidon interviews with artists since 1995. From highly established artists such as ...Show more