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Day and night, love and hate, calm and chaos, conscious and unconscious. Explore Louise Bourgeois's world of tensions and extremes in this striking new book dedicated to one of the most influential artists of the past century. Bourgeois (France/USA 1911-2010) is renowned for her fearless exploration of human relationships across a relentlessly inventive seven-decade career. Featuring more than 200 images of Bourgeois's work, a selection of her...

Justin Paton is an award-winning and extensively published author and highly regarded art curator. In his evocative style and over the seven chapters, Paton investigates a place we all have a stake in - from houses of memory to upturned houses, from haunted houses to light houses, from intimate spaces of shelter to optimistic future communities. Home is a powerful word. It means many things to many people. Home can be the house you return to e...

In diesem erfrischend unkonventionellen Essay ero¿ffnet uns der neuseela¿ndische Kunstkritiker und Kurator Justin Paton einen undogmatischen Zugang zur Kunst. Dem verklausulierten «Artspeak» sagt der Autor den Kampf an: In einer leichtfüssigen, aber deswegen nicht leichtherzigen Sprache spaziert er mit uns durch die Geschichte der Malerei und zeigt dabei leidenschaftlich und anekdotenreich, wieso Kunst es wert ist, betrachtet zu werden. Er nim...

In this engaging, award-winning book, an acclaimed art writer journeys through centuries of the painted world--from the luscious fruit of Italy's Caravaggio to the lonely landscapes of New Zealand's Rita Angus, the dazzling panoramas of America's Lari Pittman and the mysterious "tombstones" of Japanese artist On Kawara.

Encompassing a review of important paintings worldwide--both classical and modern--this exploration assures that anyone can understand and admire art. The reader will find increased appreciation for paintings, greater knowledge of different artists, and improved confidence in this brilliant exposition of painting in all its forms. The keen art collector, serious student, and occasional gallery visitor can all benefit from this journey of explo...

Published in association with the Dunedin Public Art Gallery's major "Jeffrey Harris" retrospective, this fully illustrated book confirms Harris' place in the front rank of living New Zealand painters. This unique monograph highlights major themes and charged episodes from Harris' three decades of prolific creativity, reaching from razor-sharp etchings and jewel-like 'icons' to sumptuous triptychs and unflinching self-portraits.

In this collection of candid interviews, 15 of New Zealand's top contemporary artists--including Barry Cleavin, Neil Dawson, Tony de Lautour, Julia Morison, Eion Stevens, and Philip Trusttum, among others--discuss their creative process and the way they work. Previously unpublished photographs of the artists and their studios, as well as more than 60 images of new work, are featured in this sumptuously illustrated book. Art aficionados and stu...