Franz Kempf : aspects of a Journey 1947-2016

South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2002. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 112, illustrated in colour throughout. New copy.

In the year of the renowned artists 90th birthday, Franz Kempf: Aspects of a journey gathers together many of Kempf’s finest works from the 1940s to today, including treasures from his private collection. John Neylon’s illuminating essay considers the qualities that give Kempf’s oeuvre a distinctive identity within Australian art, ‘characterised by this seeming contradiction of constancy and flux’.

‘Both visual and multi-layered , Kempf’s work reveals great emotion and historical breadth.’ – Lynne Lancaster, Sydney Arts Guide

John Neylon is an Adelaide-based art writer and curator and formerly Head of Education, Art Gallery of South Australia. He is the author of numerous essays and several Wakefield Press books on South Australian artists, is a regular reviewer and columnist for the Adelaide Review and winner of the national 2014 Scarlett Award for writing on contemporary sculpture. He is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (ACIA).