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Installation view of ‘Unnerved: The New Zealand Project’ featuring Michael Parekowhai’s work Kapa Haka (Whero) 2003, Cosmo McMurtry 2006 and Jim McMurtry 2007 |
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Unnerved: The New Zealand Project
Maud Page,Wystan Curnow and more
192 pages paperback colour illustrations
This richly illustrated publication – bringing together more than 120 works by over 30 artists, from the late 1960s to the present – explores a particularly rich, dark vein found in contemporary New Zealand art and cinema, and includes a strong focus on photography and moving–image works.
Essays by the Gallery’s curatorial staff explore the work of each artist, while lead essays by Maud Page, Senior Curator, Pacific Art, and Wystan Curnow, Professor of English at the University of Auckland, examine New Zealand’s contemporary artistic practice in terms of complex traditions and histories, as well as a changing social, political and cultural landscape.
Major sculptures by Michael Parekowhai, installations by Lisa Reihana and Michael Stevenson, and photographic series by Yvonne Todd, Gavin Hipkins, Anne Noble and Greg Semu feature alongside film and video art by Sriwhana Spong and Nathan Pohio, as well as the work of emerging artists James Oram and Lorene Taurerewa.
‘Unnerved: The New Zealand Project’ is at the Gallery of Modern Art and Australian Cinémathèque from 1 May to 4 July 2010, and will travel to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, later in 2010.
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Artlines: Valentino Retrospective
Issue 2–2010 (June)
48 pages paperback colour illustrations
The second edition of Artlines for 2010 features the exhibition ‘Valentino, Retrospective: Past/Present/Future’ – designed and realised by Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, with the assistance of Valentino fashion house and organised in Australia by the Queensland Art Gallery and Art Exhibitions Australia. In an article looking at the stars and celebrities who have been the designer’s muses, fashion journalist Clare Press explores the extremely successful and colourful world of Valentino.
In this issue we also preview upcoming exhibitions including ‘Joe Rootsey: Queensland Aboriginal Painter 1918–63’; ‘Hans Heysen’, one of the country’s most celebrated landscape painters; and, in an article on ‘Multiple Choice’, works by Milan Knizak, Martin Creed and Scott Redford are discussed. David Burnett explores Cornelius Jonson’s Portrait of a lady, half length, in a red and white dress with blue bows, revealing some intriguing details about the young woman portrayed, and we profile artist, diplomat and Gallery patron, Henry Bartlett.
Recent Gallery acquisitions are revealed, including a gift of 83 works on paper by Joe Rootsey, two spectacular Yang Shaobin paintings and Nathan Pohio’s Landfall of the spectre 2007. The regular mix of reviews of books and films are also included.
Artlines is published four times a year (March, June, September and December).
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Kaldor Public Art Projects Move: The Exhibition
20 pages paperback colour illustrations
In a moving–image saturated world, video works have come into their own as an important visual art medium, encouraging audiences to question the world around them, both on and off screen. In Kaldor Public Art Projects ‘Move: The Exhibition’, a richly illustrated 20–page brochure, the work of 12 leading Australian video artists features – Daniel Crooks, Shaun Gladwell, The Kingpins, Todd McMillan, Jess MacNeil, Tracey Moffatt, TV Moore, Patricia Piccinini, David Rosetzky, Grant Stevens, John Tonkin and Daniel von Sturmer.
‘Move: The Exhibition’ is part of a wider national project organised by Kaldor Public Art Projects to introduce secondary school students to the moving image as an art form. Kaldor Public Art Projects ‘Move: The Exhibition’ is at the Gallery of Modern Art from 24 April to 8 August 2010.
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Ron Mueck
190 pages paperback colour
Mueck’s sculptures are some of the most widely acclaimed, prominent and identifiable works in the international contemporary art arena. Often naked and suspended in states of self-consciousness, introspection or deep contemplation, his figures present both emotional and physical states of exposure. Ron Mueck’s works have earned him a singular place as the creator of some of the most evocative sculptures of our time. This publication is the catalogue to the highly acclaimed exhibition by the same name, and is recommended for anyone interested in this ground-breaking artists work.
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Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri
Ken McGregor and Jenny Zimmer
144 pages colour illustrations hardcover
This mini art book features the work of the indigenous artist Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri.
His striking paintings all bear the same title – Rockholes and Country near the Olgas. They describe in his own unique manner a Dreamtime story about the creation of the landscapes and its features which has been passed down through generations of ancestors. A brilliant introduction to this master painter.
RRP: $35.00
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Charles Blackman
Barry Dickins and Ken McGregor
144 pages, hardcover, colour illustrations
Another mini art book on one of the most influential Australian artists – Charles Blackman.
This mini art book features the work of the indigenous artist Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri.
Covering his career from the 1950’s to the 1990’s, this elegant publication is the perfect introduction to Blackman’s paintings. Included is his iconic “School Girl” series and “Alice in Wonderland” paintings. This is the only book on Blackman’s work that is currently in print.
RRP: $35.00
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