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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 nuances of each particular region or city. There are 20 regions covered in the book, with an additional focus on the four main cities, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch - including a commemorative selection of paintings - and Dunedi... read more

"Once the painter was making signs and symbols for people to live by," Colin McCahon wrote, "now he makes things to hang on walls at exhibitions." Filling his paintings with kauri and cliffs, the candle and the T, McCahon sought to develop signs and symbols for our modern world. In this book, leading McCahon scholar Gordon H. Brown presents viewers with new insight into the meanings of Colin McCahon's paintings. Tracing McCahon's life and work, from his student days at King Edward Technical College in Dunedin, through learning from... read more

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The latest title in the successful Contemporary Arts series showcasing 24 of New Zealand's established and up-and-coming artists. This volume features Luise Fong, Neil Pardington, James Ormsby, Sara Hughes, Viky Garden and Stanley Palmer among others. First published Octoboer 2008.

'Kinetic art is the first new category of art since prehistory', ex-pat New Zealand artist Len Lye boldly claimed in an essay in 1964. What did he mean by this? And how does his own work in sculpture and film bear it out? Roger Horrocks, the author of the best-selling 2001 biography of Lye, explores these questionsn in this new book. He describes the forerunners of this 'art that moves', then discusses in detail Lye's life and career as a kinetic artist, how he developed and envisioned his 'tangible motion sculptures' and how many ... read more

InForm is a cutting edge, highly illustrated publication examining 15 influential and innovative graffiti artists working in New Zealand, their approach and attitude to working in our unique environment. Each artist is profiled by a contributing writer alongside photography of their work, with an emphasis on showing their technique through the progression of a single piece, showing their work from initial sketches through to application to their surface of choice.

The birds, from the intimacy of the very small to the majesty of the very large, acquire a transcendental dignity, each one becoming a god in its own universe. The powerful white light transfers its own intensity to the birds and transforms them into mythical objects of paradise, newly resplendent in all their colours. Zuckerman knows very well the power of that light. As with his previous books, he is able to present the usual in the most unusual way by aiming at the essence, rather than the appearance, of the subject Once again h... read more

An exciting collection and commentary on contemporary pacific art. This book offers a contextual understanding of the contemporary Pacific art movement in New Zealand. As well as examining key individual artists, the book also addresses the key issues that underlie this movement as well as the inspirations for creating this art. It is a focused overview of a very specific period and it contextualises the emergent Pacific art within the broader New Zealand socio-political scene of the time, particularly that of the Maori sovereignt... read more

A book about the exhibition presented at the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the exhibition ran for almost two years (from 2006-2008) and involved a series of events including workshops, a conference and a visiting artists programme. Pasifika Styles featured a star-studded lineup of artists including Beck’s Futures finalist Francis Upritchard, Michel Tuffery, Lisa Reihana, Rachel Rakena and Reuben Paterson. Showing contemporary artists working alongside the world's best collection of oceanic ar... read more

A handsome hardback illustrated collection of the very best examples of art (painting, sculpture, printmaking and photography) produced in New Zealand over 100 years from 1901 to 2001. David Eggleton gives a short, informative and accessible history of NZ art to accompany his selection of 101 artworks. 224 pages. First published December 2007.

DoP 2008 Auckland Browse through a variety of stunning images from a number of New Zealand artists. The book gives brief biographical details of the art background for the artists featured,where they made breakthroughs, awards and significant events that shaped their success today.

This book illustrates Drawbridge’s brilliance in oil and watercolour painting, large public murals, printmaking and stained glass (including the Beehive, the New Zealand House (London) now in Archives (NZ) and the National Library (NZ) murals. Also featured are John’s stained glass works at the Home of Compassion Chapel, Wellington. First published November 2008, Auckland, NZ 264pp hardcover 305mmx305mm

Paul Dibble is a sculptor with a unique New Zealand vison. A vison shaped by the envionment in which he was born and rased the flat farmland of the Hauraki Plains. He has wored at a time when strides have been made towads establishing a national identity and many of his artworks examine issues about New Zealand: New Zealand as the last colonial outpost; as a South Seas antipodean paradise; as a land of sheepdogs, hunters and heroes; and the current political topics of conservation and biculturalism. At last this much sought afte... read more

Contemporary New Zealand Art 4 is the final book in a series that offers readers a comprehensive view of New Zealand artists working at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries. This volume features over 100 artworks reproduced in full colour representing twenty artists, both established and emerging, working in a variety of media - painting, photography, sculpture, installation and multimedia. Contemporary New Zealand Art 4 as with previous volumes shows a selection of each artist's work - the art they produced ... read more

Offers a comprehensive view of New Zealand art at the end of the 20th century. The book explores the work of 20 established and emerging artists working in a variety of media, from painting and photography to sculpture, installation and multimedia. A selection of each artist's work is included. Gretchen Albrecht, Tony Lane and Robin White are among the artists featured. First published 1999.

East is a sampling of 136 of Stanley Palmer's works ranging across four decades. From early woodcuts through Palmer's unique bamboo engravings, to his delicate monoprints and evocative paintings, this extensive selection celebrates the work of one of our most-loved and prolific artists and also our own edge of the Pacific.

Before you can film a fantasy movie, you must create an authentic world. What kind of weather is found within, what would the buildings be made of, what creatures populate its land, and what is the history behind its people? For every stunning frame of film, there have been countless hours of work to create such majesty. And what a task to bring to the screen one of the world's most beloved children's series, C. S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia," This book, written and designed by the artists of the Academy-Award winning spec... read more

Sir Peter Siddell's intricately detailed paintings of New Zealand urban scenes and landscapes that are not quite a replication of actuality are much loved and enduringly popular.
Both technical tours de force and rich with acute observation, they feature in all our national art collections and never fail to fascinate. This major book, the first to ever bring his work together, celebrates both Siddell's life and his art, with 150 images, and an essay by both Sir Peter himself and the renowned art historian Professor Michael Dunn.

A visual feast of all things Wellingtonian. 120 beautifully illustrated pages with all the facts about the capital at your fingertips. A superb gift for visitors and locals alike.

The Crown Lynn Story is an irresistible mix of business innovation, stunning products and vivd characters. In the late 1930s Tom Clark, barely in his early 20s, beagn making porcelain tiles and electrical fittings alongside his family's brick and pipe works in New Lynn. By 1970 Crown Lynn was the biggest pottery in the southern hemisphere, with 500 staff turning out 15 million pieces of china - cups and saucers, plates, bowls, mugs, jugs and vases - each year. Most New Zealand families used Crow Lynn dinner sets everyday, and exces... read more