New Zealand Painting

New Zealand Painting
Author: Michael Dunn
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1869402979

Completely revised and updated. Chapters have been rewritten. Also added in a substantial new chapter on contemporary Maori and Pacific Island painting, as well as an acknowledgement of the coming wave of Asian artists.

Back and Beyond

Back and Beyond
Author: Gregory O'Brien
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN:

A collection of paintings by New Zealand artists.

Art Thieves, Fakers and Fraudsters

Art Thieves, Fakers and Fraudsters
Author: Penelope Jackson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781927249512

"Art crime is soaring. Every year as much as $10 billion worth of artworks are stolen. Many more are vandalised, damaged or destroyed. Added to this is a flourishing world of fakes and forgeries, often sold for millions of dollars and hanging in the world's most prestigious galleries. If you think this is happening only in Paris, London and New York, prepare to be surprised as art curator Penelope Jackson reveals the underbelly of the New Zealand art world"--Back cover.

Marcus King

Marcus King
Author: Peter Alsop
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2015-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781927213704

New Zealand Sculpture

New Zealand Sculpture
Author: Michael Dunn
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1869402774

Charts the growth of sculpture from the era of British imports through the period of strong British influence to the more confident art of the twentieth century and beyond.

Gottfried Lindauer's New Zealand

Gottfried Lindauer's New Zealand
Author: Lindauer Gottlfried
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2020-09-10
Genre: Maori (New Zealand people)
ISBN: 9781869409302

From the 1870s to the early twentieth century, the Bohemian immigrant artist Gottfried Lindauer travelled to marae and rural towns around New Zealand and - commissioned by Maori and Pakeha - captured in paint the images of key Maori figures. For Maori then and now, the faces of tupuna are full of mana and life. Now this definitive book on Lindauer's portraits of the ancestors collects that work for New Zealanders. The book presents 67 major portraits and 8 genre paintings alongside detailed accounts of the subject and work, followed by essays by leading scholars that take us inside Lindauer and his world: from his artistic training in Bohemia to his travels around New Zealand as Maori and Pakeha commissioned him to paint portraits; his artistic techniques and deep relationship with photography; Henry Partridge's gallery of Lindauer works on Queen Street in Auckland where Maori visited to see their ancestors; and the afterlife of the paintings in marae and memory. Published in association with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.

The Invention of New Zealand

The Invention of New Zealand
Author: Francis Pound
Publisher:
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Summary: "The Invention of New Zealand is an important study of nationalism in twentieth-century New Zealand art. From the 1930s onwards, artists, writers and critics such as Toss Woollaston, Allen Curnow, Colin McCahon, Rita Angus, A R D Fairburn, Doris Lusk and Monte Holcroft deployed art, literature and theory in the construction of a national identity, the search for the essence of New Zealand and the invention of a specifically New Zealand high culture. Francis Pound ponders, decodes, memorialises and celebrates this project from its starting moment when painters and poets became newly self-conscious about New Zealand art. He argues that in the early 1970s the framework was largely dismantled and the discourse abandoned by a new generation of artists and critics, such as Richard Killeen, Ian Scott and Petar Vuletic. Over ten fascinating chapters, Pound covers the Nationalistsʼ major concerns, their problems with antecedents, the formulation of their canon and their various co-option, adoption and rejection of Regionalism, Cubism, Modernism and Primitivism in their quest for invention. The Invention of New Zealand is a well-illustrated and engagingly written narrative by one of our most brilliant and original art historians.'--Publisher description.

The Back of the Painting

The Back of the Painting
Author: Linda Waters
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2022-08-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780995133884

"The seal of the Prince of Yugoslavia, the icon that protected persecuted Russians, Monet's repurposed canvas, the excised first wife, the stolen Tissot ... all these stories can be found on the backs of paintings in New Zealand art museums. This ... book by three painting conservators explores the backs of 33 paintings, ranging from 14th century artworks to the present day, from Claude Lorrain to Ralph Hotere, and held in the collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tåamaki and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Join them on their art-detective explorations"--Back cover.

New Zealand Tattoo

New Zealand Tattoo
Author: Chris Hoult
Publisher: Oratia Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Decorative arts, Maori
ISBN: 9781877514470

Chris Hoult immersed himself in the Kiwi tattoo scene from 2011 and 2012, and brought writer musician Steve Forbes along for the ride. This is a view from the studios of NZ now with profiles of leading tattooists. Includes three rich traditions - Ta moko, Maori tattoo; Tatau, Pacific tattoo and tattoo of Europe and Asia.

Landscape Paintings of New Zealand

Landscape Paintings of New Zealand
Author: Christopher Johnstone
Publisher: Godwit
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Landscape painters
ISBN: 9781869621803

With 135 paintings from early colonial art to the work of contemporary painters, this book is a must-have for every lover of New Zealand and its art. When Landscape Paintings of New Zealand A Journey from North To South was published in 2006 it was hailed by a reviewer thus: 'This is New Zealand art history made accessible, yet still full of scholarship and insight.' Gallery director Dr Fiona Ciaran wrote that 'the book is a cracker that has something for everyone' -concluding that is was 'simply a magnificent landmark in publishing itself'. And now this acclaimed book is back, with 32 new paintings joining the 103 of the original edition. It is studded with arresting works by well-known artists such as Colin McCahon, Peter Sidddell, Dick Frizzell, Doris Lusk, Rita Angus, John Gully, and many many more famous names from New Zealand art history. In addition, the book offers an opportunity for readers to acquaint themselves with lesser known (these days at least) painters such as Archibald Nicholl, Max Walker, Cedric Savage and Douglas MacDiarmid. With its biographical notes on each artist, extensive bibliography, fascinating insights into social history and art history, and with a beautiful new design and very high production values, this book is a must-have for every book shelf and coffee table. Indeed, in 2013 the Times Literary Supplement included it in its 'books of the year' list.