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9781844137879
Wall and Piece order quantity
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NZ$ 47.00 each
Paperback
Author: Banksy
Published by: Century (Random House)
In Stock: 3
Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist?

The work of Banksy is unmistakable, except maybe when it’s squatting in the Tate or New York’s Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cites throughout the world. Witty and subversive, his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction, policeman with smiley faces, rats with drills and umbrellas. If you look hard enough you’ll find your own. His statements, incitements, ironies and epigrams are by turns intelligent and cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy and capitalism to the war in Iraq and farm animals. His identity remains unknown, but his work is prolific.

And now for the first time, he’s putting together the best of his work – old and new in a fully illustrated colour volume.
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9781409508960
Drawing Cartoons (Usborne Art Ideas) order quantity
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NZ$ 23.00 each
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Author: Anna Milbourne
Published by: Usborne Publishing Ltd
In Stock: 2
Suitable for budding cartoonists of all ages, this drawing book provides simple step-by-step instructions that show how to produce colourful cartoons ranging from simple animals and people, to superheroes and comic strips. It includes hints and tips for making cartoons look humorous or dynamic.
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9780811867160
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NZ$ 75.00 each
Hardback
Author: Editors of McSweeneys
Published by: Chronicle Books
In Stock: 2
Curated by the editors of McSweeney's, this unconventional book explores the intersection of text, humor, and illustration in art by cartoonists, writers, musicians, and fine artists in a hilarious and liberating mixture of high, low, and sideways. The eye-opening selection features nearly 200 images by more than 50 artists, including Raymond Pettibon, David Shrigley, Kurt Vonnegut, Maira Kalman, Shel Silverstein, Leonard Cohen, Chris Johanson, Andy Warhol, David Mamet, Tucker Nichols, Banksy, and dozens of others. Rounding out this beautifully designed package are insightful interviews with many of the artists illuminating the shared and diverget approaches they take to making this smart, funny, and immediately engaging work.
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9780714845456
Vitamin D : New perspectives in drawing order quantity
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NZ$ 115.00 each
Hardback
Author: Emma Dexter
Published by: Phaidon Press Ltd
In Stock: 2
Emma Dexter's introductory text offers a critical account of the recent evolution and role of drawing in the art world, and introduces some of the trends, methods and artists included in the book. In the following and largest section of the book (over 300 pages and approximately 500 illustrations), the 100 or more artists are presented in an A to Z order. Some artists are presented on 2 pages, some on 4 pages. About 5 selections of work are reproduced for each artist, along a text written by an author who is a specialist on the artist's work. The 500-word texts are brief surveys of the artist's career to date, and aim at introducing the methods and subject matter at issue in their recent works. A selected list of exhibitions and bibliography also complements the reproductions and text on each artist.
First published November 2005.
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9780714849690
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NZ$ 21.00 each
Paperback
Author: eds.
Published by: Phaidon Press Ltd
In Stock: 1
Following on from The Art Book (1994), 10,000 Years of Art provides an original and accessible way of looking at art. On its publication in 2007, "The Daily Telegraph" described it as 'a bold new publishing event that promises to redefine the parameters of art history'. In this mini format edition of the book, 500 great works of art from all periods and regions in the world have been carefully selected from the original book and are again arranged in chronological order, breaking through the usual geographical and cultural boundaries of art history to celebrate the vast range of human artistry across time and space. The book presents art in a way different from other art history compendia, revealing the diversity, or in many cases similarity, of man's artistic achievements through time and around the globe. Ordered chronologically, the resulting timeline of works leads to compelling browsing: surprising juxtapositions ... more
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9781844848300
1000 Paintings of Genius order quantity
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NZ$ 65.00 each
Hardback
Author: Victoria Charles
Published by: Baseline Inc
In Stock: 1
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9783836514903
100 Contemporary Artists order quantity
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NZ$ 140.00 each
Hardback
Author: Hans Werner Holzwarth
Published by: Taschen
In Stock: 1
This title is Taschen 25 - Special edition! This is a comprehensive compendium of contemporary art at the beginning of the 21st century. This special two-volume edition compiles the 100 most exciting artists from the seminal Taschen title "Art at the Turn of the Millenium" as well as the renowned "Art Now" series, condensing them to a comprehensive compendium of contemporary art at the beginning of the 21st century. Our selection features a wide variety of works by pioneering artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marlene Dumas, Damien Hirst, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Albert Oehlen, Richard Prince, Charles Ray, Cindy Sherman, and Christopher Wool alongside outstanding artists of a younger generation like Glenn Brown, Natalie Djurberg, Tom Friedman, Mark Grotjahn, or Terence Koh.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780143010357
501 Great Artists: A Comprehensive Guide to the Giants of the Art World order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: Stephen Farthing
Published by: Quintessence Publishing Co Ltd
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A concise yet comprehensive reference guide for art lovers and art students, this illustrated volume profiles major artists from classical antiquity to the modern era. All 501 artists featured in this book receive at least a one-page entry that summarizes their life, their work, and their influence. The most influential artists are discussed in entries of up to four pages. Entries are illustrated with portraits of the artists and reproductions of some of their best-known works. Included here are painters, sculptors, photographers, and performance and video artists.
Among them are Renaissance artists Raphael and Michelangelo, northern European artists such as Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt van Rijn, English landscape painters Turner and Constable, French impressionists such as Degas and Renoir, Japanese artists Sesshu and Hishikawa Moronobu, American abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, twentieth-century ... more
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9781921497247
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NZ$ 100.00 each
Hardback
Author: Alister Simpson
Published by: Exisle Publishing (Australia)
In Stock: 1
This high-quality, exquisitely produced book is a celebration of the work of acclaimed equine artist Alister Simpson. Presenting a cross-section of his work, from sketches to watercolours and oils, it reveals the depth of his talent and the breadth of his style. Racehorses featured include Phar Lap, Makybe Diva, Brew, Mahogany, Octagonal and Sunline, to name just a few, while all the excitement of race day is also captured in scenes painted trackside. But Alister is not just at home on the racetrack. A Brush with Horses also includes artworks of mares and foals, horses galloping through streams and across fields, and on the polo field. This is a collection that will appeal to all who love this most noble of animals.

DoP October 2009, NZ
Hardcover
 
ISBN / ISSN:
9783836513852
Abstract Expressionism: Big Art order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Hardback
Author: Barbara Hess
Published by: Taschen
In Stock: 1
This title is Taschen 25 - Special edition! The language of paint, 'Abstract expressionism' refers to the non-representational use of form and color as a means of expression that emerged in America in the 1940s, largely thanks to the innovative work of Arshile Gorky. Interestingly, abstract expressionism is considered to be the first art movement originating in America to have a worldwide influence. Two very different sub-categories of the movement developed: 'action painting' (exemplified notably by Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock) and 'color field painting', made most famous by Mark Rothko. Abstract expressionists strove to express pure emotion directly on canvas, via color and especially texture (the surface quality of the brushstroke), by embracing 'accidents', and celebrating painting itself as a communicative action.
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9781845116637
Art and Death order quantity
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NZ$ 58.00 each
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Author: Chris Townsend
Published by: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
In Stock: 1
This highly sensitive and beautifully written book looks closely at the way contemporary Western artists negotiate death, both as personal experience and in the wider community. Townsend discusses but moves beyond the 'spectacle of death' in work by artists such as Damien Hirst to see how mortality - in particular the experience of other people's death - brings us face to face with profound ethical and even political issues. He looks at personal responses to death in the work of artists as varied as Francis Bacon, Tracey Emin and Derek Jarman, whose film 'Blue' is discussed here in depth. Exploring the last body of work by the the Kentucky-based photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard, and Jewish American installation artist Shimon Attie's powerful memorial work for the community of Aberfan, Townsend considers death in light of the injunction to 'love they neighbour'.
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9781845112356
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NZ$ 58.00 each
Paperback
Author: Kerstin Mey
Published by: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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Explicit material is more widely available in the internet age than ever before, yet the concept of 'obscenity' remains as difficult to pin down as it is to approach without bias: notions of what is 'obscene' shift with societies' shifting mores, and our responses to explicit or disturbing material can be highly subjective. In this intelligent and sensitive book, Kerstin Mey grapples with the work of twentieth-century artists practising at the edges of acceptability, from Hans Bellmer through to Nobuyoshi Araki, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Annie Sprinkle, and from Hermann Nitsch to Paul McCarthy. Mey refuses sweeping statements and 'knee-jerk' responses, arguing with dexterity that some works, regardless of their 'high art' context, remain deeply problematic, whilst others are both groundbreaking and liberating.
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9781845116651
Art and Sex order quantity
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NZ$ 58.00 each
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Author: Gray Watson
Published by: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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In this 'no-holds barred' volume Gray Watson surveys the vast array of images of sex and sexuality in contemporary art. He finds sex in some surprising places and draws some fascinating conclusions. His initial consideration of contemporary art's focus on the body leads to an exploration of the important contributions made by the feminist and queer movements. He uncovers sex in the city, sex in nature, and the intimate relationship between sex and the sacred. Looking into representations of 'taboo' sexualities including sado-masochism, voyeurism and exhibitionism, Watson argues that such images offer clues to an understanding of much more than just sex. The art discussed ranges from the playful to the dark, from the shockingly overt to the poetically allusive, and includes work by artists such as Marina Abramovi, Nobuyoshi Araki, Louise Bourgeois, Gilbert & George, Jeff Koons, and Carolee Schneemann.
 
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9783833149412
Art Nouveau: Art Pocket order quantity
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NZ$ 45.00 each
Hardback
Author: Anke Von Heyl
Published by: Ullmann Publishing
In Stock: 1
These small books are quite something! They are packed with information; the most important facts and background stories, all at a glance. In-depth texts on the most exciting themes in the History of Art by experts and specialists provide the necessary overview for both the expert and the layman. The most important stages in the lives of famous personalities such as Giotto, Monet or Klimt, as well as the important currents in art, are summarized in colorful text boxes to enable every reader to find the required information easily and effectively. The most important works of architecture, sculpture, and painting are brought to life through high-quality photographs and top-quality color reproductions. Explanatory picture captions offer additional information and invite the reader to browse at leisure.
 
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9780500287736
Bands on the Road: The Tour Sketchbook order quantity
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NZ$ 52.00 each
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Author: Silke Leicher
Published by: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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The coolest bands in American, British, and German independent music share visual histories of important times in their lives. Guy Berryman gets lost in the Pompidou Center, James Valentine draws an LA "Everyman" (and worries about possibly becoming one in future), Pete Doherty leads a tour through a Moscow that very few of us will ever visit....From the original London Bridge in the middle of Arizona to the Pixies' backstage ban on beer, life on tour always offers surprises. Indie music lives, and exactly how it lives is engagingly shown in this collection of drawings by members of the most successful bands in America, Britain, and Germany. Places they've been, private moments, concerts and tours, hopes and dreams: the book brings together the intimate thoughts and experiences of a wide range of musicians and presents a kaleidoscope of the lively independent music scene. The contributing musicians were asked to think about ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781604860603
Banksy : Locations & Tours - A Collection of Graffiti Locations and Photographs in London, England order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
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Author: Banksy & Martin Bull
Published by: PM Press
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When it comes to art, London is best known for its galleries, not its graffiti. However, not if photographer Martin Bull has anything to say about it. While newspapers and magazines the world over send their critics to review the latest Damien Hirst show at the Tate Modern, Bull, in turn, is out taking photos of the latest street installations by guerilla art icon Banksy. In three guided tours, Martin Bull documents sixty-five London sites where one can see some of the most important works by the legendary political artist. Boasting over 100 color photos, Banksy: Locations and Tours also includes graffiti by many of Banksy's peers, including Eine, Faile, El Chivo, Arofish, Cept, Space Invader, Blek Le Rat, D*face, and Shepherd Fairey. This edition has updated locations and 25 additional photos.
Trade paperback (US) Unsewn / adhesive bound h125mm x w169mm x s13mm 227g illustrations

First published 2009.
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9782759402694
Botanicals: Butterflies & insects order quantity
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NZ$ 130.00 each
Hardback
Author: Leslie K. Overstreet
Published by: Editions Assouline
In Stock: 1
This remarkable gift volume celebrates the summer garden, featuring more than three centuries of drawings culled from the rare books of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, each page exploding with rich colors & lifelike details of exquisite flowers, delicate fruits & exuberant butterflies.
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9780007232130
Collins Artist's Colour Manual order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Paperback
Author: Simon Jennings
Published by: HarperCollins Publishers
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New in paperback, Collins Artist's Colour Manual has established itself as the artist's definitive guide to the fascinating world of colour.
Practical, informative and inspiring, it will appeal to designers, art students and educators alike. Treated in a lively, visual and creative way, this book brings the subject of colour alive and shows how greater colour awareness can bring life, meaning and confidence to your painting and creative pursuits. It looks at all the crucial aspects of colour in four absorbing sections:
What is Colour? Information on paints and pigments and a concise buyer's guide to materials;
Colour by Colour - a tour around the paintbox and the various colour groups, learn what colours are and how to use them to greatest effect;
Creative Directions - inspiring and creative ideas for colour usage, with first-hand tips and techniques from practising artists;
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9783836513920
Cubism: Big Art order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Hardback
Author: Anne Gantefuhrer-Trier
Published by: Taschen
In Stock: 1
This title is Taschen 25 - Special edition! It presents Picasso and peers. Pioneered by Picasso and Braque, Cubism was the first avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. Heavily influenced by the stark power of African and Native American art and sculpture, it deconstructed conventions of viewpoint and perspective, revolutionizing painting and western art in general. With its flattened, geometric shapes, overlapping, simplified forms and fragmented spatial planes, Cubism was one of the most influential movements in 20th-century art.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780980503401
Current -- Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand order quantity
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NZ$ 160.00 each
Hardback
Author: Edited by Art & Australia
Published by: Dott Publishing
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DoP - November 2008, Australia
360pp
Hardcover
The first truly comprehensive look at contemporary art in Australia and New Zealand in this century. It explores the particular regional uniqueness which comes from a mix between Indigenous, Western and Asian cultures. Featuring 80 artists, the book shows ANZ art to be diverse in culture, medium and theme. Many of our artists have international reputations, such as Paddy Bedford, Simryn Gill, Tracey Moffat, Ah Xian, Shaun Gladwell and Bill Henson. Others such as Ben Armstrong, The Kingpins, Monica Tichacek and Rohan Wealleans are amongst the region's freshest voices. Lavishly illustrated with over 240 pages of images selected to showcase each artist's overall practice and most recent work. Key aspects of contemporary art are set out, explained and examined in six essays by key curators.


The first truly comprehensive look at contemporary art in Australia and New Zealand in this ... more
 
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