Australian Indigenous Artists
-
# 42640
LAVERTY, Colin and Elizabeth, et al
Beyond Sacred. Recent paintings from Australia’s remote Aboriginal communities : the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty
Melbourne : Hardie Grant Books, 2008. First edition. Folio (34 cm tall), boards in diecut folding dustjacket (very lightly marked), illustrated endpapers, pp. [viii]; 352, extensively illustrated. A comprehensive, visually stunning survey of recent Aboriginal art, with images of more than 250 paintings. It tells the story of Aboriginal art and its growing presence in …
-
# 42568
KOHEN, Apolline (curator)
John Mawurndjul : new paintings
Annandale, NSW : Annandale Galleries, 2004. Square octavo (210 x 210 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, pp. 20, colour illustrations; a fine copy.
-
# 42529
COOK, Michael (1968 - )
Michael Cook
Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, circa 2015. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [20], illustrated. ‘Michael Cook is a photographer who worked commercially both in Australia and overseas for twenty-five years. In 2009, Cook was drawn into art photography by an increasingly urgent desire to learn about his Aboriginal ancestry and identity. As a child, Cook …
-
# 42320
MORPHY, Francis (ed.)
Outside in : research engagements with Arnhem Land art : the Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, 30 August – 7 October 2001
/ curators and catalogue essays, Jon Altman, Nigel Lendon, and Frances and Howard Morphy; catalogue editor, Frances Morphy. Canberra : Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, [2001]. Small square quarto (235 x 250 mm), pictorial laminated wrappers, pp. 36, with colour illustrations; a fine copy. ‘… the work of a curatorium consisting of Howard and …
-
# 42293
BEDFORD, Paddy
Paddy Bedford : walking the line
Kununurra, WA : P. Bedford, 2003. Oblong octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 87, illustrated. Catalogue for an exhibition held at GrantPierrie Gallery, Sydney, 2003. Includes many comments from his contemporaries. ‘Paddy Bedford is the elder statesman of Aboriginal art. This small collection of his work shows the complexity of his works in their sheer simplicity and …
-
# 42282
[NAMATJIRA]. HARDY, Jane, MEGAW, J.V.S., and MEGAW, M. Ruth
The Heritage of Namatjira
Curated by Angela Tidmarsh and J.V.S. Megaw on behalf of The Flinders University of South Australia; catalogue edited by M. Ruth Megaw. Melbourne : Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, 1991. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling wear, pp. 36, illustrated. Includes historical photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission. Scarce. A very good copy.
-
# 42272
[NAMATJIRA]. HARDY, Jane, MEGAW, J.V.S., and MEGAW, M. Ruth
The Heritage of Namatjira (education kit)
Melbourne : Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, 1991. Quarto, illustrated portfolio, containing folding posters and educational teaching sheets on Namatjira and indigenous Australian painting. A fine copy. Scarce.
-
# 42132
THOMPSON, Christian (1978 - )
Ritual intimacy.
Caulfield East, Vic. : Monash University Museum of Art, 2017. Reprinted 2019. Small quarto (230 x 170 mm), pictorial card covers, 128 pp, 92 pages of colour plates of indigenous multidisciplinary artist Christian Thompson’s work; catalogue essays by Charlotte Day, Brian Catling and Marina Warner; Christian Thompson and Hetti Perkins in conversation; an as new …
-
# 41906
NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959)
Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.
Artarmon, N.S.W. : Legend Press, [circa 1980]. Publisher’s illustrated envelope (a few light stains and tears with tape repair), 185 x 235 mm, housing six colour reproductions of paintings by Namatjira, each 175 x 225 mm (sheet size), plus a seventh sheet with biographical information and b/w photographic portrait of the artist. Scarce. The second issue, …
-
# 41873
TURNER, Simon
The art of Gloria Petyarr
Melbourne : Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, 2001. Quarto, exhibition catalogue, pp. [6], essay by Simon Turner, illustrated.
-
# 41246
WEBER, John
Papunya Tula : contemporary paintings from Australia’s Western Desert
New York : John Weber Gallery, 1989. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [24], illustrated, a fine copy. With essays by Anthony Forge and John Weber. Includes works by Gladys Napanangka, William Sandy, Anatjari Tjakamarra, Michael Nelson Tjakamarra, Simon Tjakamarra, Anatjari Tjampitjinpa, Maxie Tjampitjinpa, Shorty Jackson Tjampitjinpa, Uta Uta Tjangala, Clifford Possum Tjapaltarri, Henry Reid Tjapaltarri, Joseph …
-
# 41238
ANDREW, Brook (curator)
Taboo
Curated by Brook Andrew. Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2013. Octavo, cards in plastic dustjacket, pp. 175, illustrated. Printed in an edition of 750 copies. Scarce. ‘Published on the occasion of the exhibition curated by Brook Andrew at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, this book presents challenging encounters with a range of …
-
# 41076
BOWDLER, Cath
Colour country : art from Roper River
Wagga Wagga, NSW : Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, 2009. Small square quarto (210 x 210 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, 92 pp., illustrated in colour; price sticker lower wrapper, else an excellent copy. An appropriately dazzling little catalogue produced to accompany a travelling exhibition of Roper River art, shown at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery 5 June …
-
# 41071
EBES, Hank (1944 - )
Nangara : the Australian Aboriginal art exhibition from the Ebes Collection.
Brugge : Stichting Sint-Jan for Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, 1996. Quarto, gilt-lettered black cloth (lightly rubbed), pp. 100; [2]; 315, extensively illustrated, foxing to endpapers and title page. Complete in one volume. Introductory essays by Geoffrey Bardon, Robert Edwards and Richard Kimber. ‘This catalogue was published for Nangara, the Australian Aboriginal art exhibition from the …
-
# 40629
ALBRECHT, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1894-1984.
Albert Namatjira : native artist / by F.W. Albrecht. Superintendent of the Finke River Mission, Hermannsburg, Central Australia
[Hermannsburg, N.T. : Finke River Mission, 1950]. Octavo, wrappers illustrated front and back (very lightly creased), stapled, [7] pp. Scarce. Copies are recorded in six Australian collections (Australian Lutheran College; Flinders University Theological Library; National Library of Australia; National Museum of Australia Library; Macquarie University Library; Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. Peter Spillett Library).
-
# 40671
EVANS, Nicholas; MARTIN-CHEW, Louise; MEMMOTT, Paul
The heart of everything : the art and artists of Mornington & Bentinck Islands
Fitzroy, Vic. : McCulloch and McCulloch Australian Art Books (in association with Woomera Aboriginal Corporation. Mornington Island Arts & Craft), [2008].Quarto (275 x 210 mm), pictorial boards, 100 pp., colour and b/w illustrations, bibliography, map; a fine copy.