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The Hockneys: Never Worry What The Neighbours Think
‘The Hockneys: Never Worry What The Neighbours Think’ is about family; poignantly illustrated by both famous and private pictures and paintings from David Hockney....
Healing Practices
‘Healing Practices’ is a compilation of artist and text-based responses laced with the notion that life is non-linear, and therefore healing is durational....
Annabelle Collett: Creator and catalyst
'Annabelle Collett: Creator and catalyst' features work from each era of Collett’s career from dramatic knitwear to playful ‘plastic fantastic’ bodices that Madonna would envy....
Laith McGregor: Archipelago
Perimeter Editions, in partnership with STATION gallery, bring us the second title surveying Laith McGregor’s works; a richly illustrated book which features 40 images of McGregor’s works from his Island Drawings and Island Collages series....
Louise Haselton: Act Natural
Sculptor Lousie Haselton explores the inner life of natural forms and industrial castoffs allowing reconfigurations to occur in unexpected ways. From these everyday items, the artist builds new meaning that disrupts their internal logic....
Olive Cotton: A Life in Photography
Six chapters shed light on the personal and professional life of one of Australia’s pioneering modernist photographers, Olive Cotton. Helen Ennis highlights specific works to synchronise the perennial effects of everyday life with a serial creative output....
Odd Roads to be Walking
‘Odd Roads to be Walking’ profiles the work and lives of 156 women artists who worked in Australia and internationally including Violet Teague, Portia Geach, Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Queenie McKenzie....
Bill Henson: The Light Fades but the Gods Remain
Bill Henson’s connection with the Glen Waverley region is the focus of this series of photographs portraying luminous renditions of twilight suburbia, ruins of antiquity and the fruitful mysteries of adolescence....
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn: All That Arises
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn’s ‘All That Arises’ is an apt introduction to, as Terence Maloon, Director of Canberra’s Drill Hall Gallery writes, ‘void-haunted, void fascinated art... dazzling quanta and vibrant fields of energy.’...
Present Tense: Anna Schwartz Gallery and Thirty-Five Years of Contemporary Australian Art
'Present Tense' is a record of the journey and contribution Anna Schwartz has made with several contemporary Australian art galleries and her unwavering advocacy for artists and ideas....
Step Into Paradise: Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson
Two of Australia's most iconic textile and haute couture designers, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, are celebrated in this richly illustrated publication....