Book Reviews
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Portraits Destroyed: Power, ego and history’s vandals
Julie Cotter’s subsequent vignettes in ‘Portraits Destroyed’ explore the weight of the genre, how it can deify and also send the ‘wrong’ message about a person.
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Tom Polo Paris Drawings: The Most Elaborate Disguise
‘Paris Drawings: The Most Elaborate Disguise’ reveals Tom Polo’s distinct, and somewhat peculiar approach to drawing, painting and the portrait.
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Mirka Mora: A Life Making Art
Sabine Cotte shares the creative processes of artist Mirka Mora, a Melbourne icon who over the course of her career produced hundreds of artworks.
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Eveline Kotai: Invisible Threads
‘Invisible Threads’ is the first monograph to be published on Eveline Kotai, surveying her 40-year career, traversing painting, drawing, print and stitched collage.
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Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art
‘Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art’ chronicles the practices of both artists, displaying an artistic syncretism and generative relationship between father and daughter.
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52 Artists 52 Actions: Small Acts of Disobedience
‘52 Artists 52 Actions’ harnesses the digital platform of Instagram with artists in Asia to address the urgent, personal and political genuine crises of our day.
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Seven Year Itch
'Seven Year Itch' is a commemorative publication marks the end of non-profit contemporary art gallery Chapter House Lane, Melbourne 2011-2018.
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Del Kathryn Barton
In an ode to Del Kathryn Barton, the ‘high priestess of womanhood’, Sarah Darmody draws parallels from her experience with motherhood to Barton’s art.
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So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history
In 'So Fine', richly illustrated chapters devoted to each artist are accompanied by statements, which have been sewn into the publication.
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Rosslynd Piggott: I sense you but I cannot see you
‘I sense you but I cannot see you’ surveys Rosslynd Piggott’s artistic practice, charting a remarkable oeuvre that includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations.
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Daydreamer Wolf | Elyas Alavi
The final component of Elyas Alavi’s project ‘Daydreamer Wolf’ which culminated in a major exhibition alongside performance works and public programs.
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Apókryphos | Cherine Fahd
Apókryphos by artist Cherine Fahd is an artwork veiled as a book that guides us through the highly emotive ritual and experience of grief and mourning.
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