Book Reviews
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Australian Art Exhibitions: Opening Our Eyes
‘Australian Art Exhibitions: Opening Our Eyes’ is based on the experiences and research of select core Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous exhibitions between 1950-2009.
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Kathleen O’Connor of Paris
Kathleen O’Connor's (1876-1968) independent spirit drove her to leave conservative Perth, after the sudden and tragic death of her father, for life in bohemian Paris.
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Empty by Julie Shiels
Although void of human presence, photographic series ‘Empty’ by Julie Shiels is a study of a neighbourhood and the purposeful activity it sustains during working hours.
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Mirka & Georges: A Culinary Affair
'Mirka & Georges: A Culinary Affair', with classic French recipes, untold anecdotes, photographs and Mirka’s sensuous and colourful artworks.
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Visualising Human Rights
‘Visualising Human Rights’ explores questions surrounding the historical reception of human rights via imagery and its legacies in the present.
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Australian Birds by Matt Chun
Matt Chun’s first picture book contains portraits of 16 Australian birds from the Eastern Yellow Robin to the Brush Turkey alongside passages from writer Ella Meave.
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Papunya: A place made after the story
'Papunya: A Place made after the story' recounts Geoffrey Bardon's journey as a teacher in Papunya, Alice Springs in 1971 – where his profound experiences with Aboriginal culture and storytelling began.
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Home Port: Gavin Fry
Through text and illustration 'Home Port' reveals what inspires Gavin Fry's practice and his connection with the places and subjects that he paints.
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Peter Boggs: Transfigured Realities
The works of figurative painter Peter Boggs favour the silence of deserted towns and landscapes, and empty rooms rendered in prevailing browns, pale olive greens and ochres, complemented by filtered light, shadows and geometrical precision.
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A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to Coast
'A Painted landscape' showcases the work of 50 living painters from multicultural backgrounds who depict this expansive and diverse country.
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Linda Jackson’s Rainbow Menagerie
Linda Jackson's 'Rainbow Menagerie' catalogues the facts and idiosyncrasies of our native animals, reptiles and birds against a psychedelic landscape of neon colours.
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William Robinson: A new perspective
This new title from Nick Earls on artist William Robinson frames the 81-year-old painter's story with tender reflections from the horse's mouth; 'Life teaches you how to be an artist,' he says.
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