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RADIANCE: the Art of Elisabeth Cummings Exhibition Catalogue
Radiance is a celebration of the work of Elisabeth Cummings OAM, one of Australia’s most exceptional and esteemed painters, and a distinguished/ alumna of the National Art School. This exhibition focuses on her primary medium, working in oil paint, with major works from the last 30 years featuring the artist’s distinctive painterly language and revelatory colour. Cummings’ art practice is grounded in the experience of her surroundings distilled into visual form. Vibrant, semi-abstract compositions in themselves, most artworks emerge from the artist’s memory of and response to specific landforms and ecologies, as well as beloved internal spaces.
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Set in Stone: The Cellblock Theatre
The fascinating story of how a deredlict wing of Darlinghurst Gaol became the Cell Block Theatre.Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Rayner Hoff: The Life of a Sculptor
In the 1920s and 1930s, Rayner Hoff was the most gifted – and controversial – public sculptor in Australia.Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hope in Hell: A History of the Darlinghurst Gaol and the National Art School
Hope in Hell is a rich visual account of one of the oldest and best-preserved examples of colonial Sydney architecture, the Darlinghurst Gaol.Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Dobell Drawing Prize #23 Exhibition Catalogue
The catalogue for the Dobell Drawing Prize #23 celebrates the 2023 iteration of the prize held at NAS Galleries. The publication includes forewords by Steven Alderton, National Art School Director and CEO and Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis, Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and an essay by Dr Maryanne Coutts, National Art School Head of Drawing. The 64 finalists have a spread each with an image of their work and accompanying artist statement.Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Captivate: Stories from the National Art School and Darlinghurst Gaol
Captivate: Stories from the National Art School and Darlinghurst Gaol reveals some of the incredible stories ‘behind the walls’, including infamous inmates such as the bushranger Captain Starlight, through to the many famous artists that have shaped the National Art School over the past 100 years; its influential academic staff, life models, commercial and graphic designers, unsung women artists and of course the incredible legacy of its alumni, featuring many of Australia’s most significant artists.Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per -
‘John Olsen: Goya’s Dog’ Exhibition Catalogue
John Olsen: Goya’s Dog spans eight decades of the artist’s practice, from the 1950s, when he first visited Spain, to the present.Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per -
‘Colin Lanceley: Earthly Delights’ Exhibition Catalogue
Earthly delights surveys the significant creative achievements of Colin Lanceley (1938-2015) over five decades from the 1960s to 2012. This exhibition traces the evolution of his work from the early, raw collages made as a member of the Imitation Realists, an artist collaborative group formed at NAS, to his assembled sculptures of the mid-1960s and his subsequent incorporation of hand-carved assemblage into his painted surfaces over ensuing decades.Regular price $40.00Regular priceUnit price per
