War Photographer

We've just had the video War Photographer converted to DVD. It is a film about the work of James Nachtwey, considered one of the bravest and most important war photographers of our time. Here is a website about James Nachtwey that you also may be interested in.

http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/

Some Television Programs of Interest for the Week to Come

• ARTISTS AT WORK: CLAIRE HEALY AND SEAN CORDEIRO - EP 3 OF 4

Up and coming installation artists have come back to Sydney after two years on the international arts circuit and are revisiting Sean's parents' garage in suburban Sydney. What was once just leftover stuff, packed away in damp boxes while they travelled the world, will now become the centrepiece of their new work for the Art Gallery of New South Wales' annual sculpture exhibition - The Balnaves.
Sunday 2 November 2008 10.00pm
ABC2
Rating: (M, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins

• ART MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD: THE CHATEAU DE CHANTILLY - RESTING PLACE OF A BEAUTIFUL BOOK, EP 3 OF 13

A high-definition series which introduces the major art collections of famous museums around the world.
Sunday 2 November 2008 4.35pm
ABC1
Rating: (G, HD)
Duration: 25 mins

• SUNDAY ARTS

Featuring leading Australian director Fred Schepisi; artist Vera Moeller; and Melbourne International Arts Festival guest Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, creator of soundscapes inspired by the Antarctic.
Sunday 2 November 2008 5.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 60 mins

More: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/sundayarts/

• MESSAGE STICK: BROOK ANDREW

Sydney artist Brooke Andrew is among the growing group of Aboriginal artists challenging the stereotypical image of Indigenous art.
Tuesday 4 November 2008 2.50am (early hours)
ABC1
Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins

More: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/

Bonnefoi: the strategy of the picture

Bonnefoi: the strategy of the picture is about the artist Christian Bonnefoi. It is a new book that is now available for loan.

Ann Thomson : Connection 1993-1994

Ann Thomson : Connection 1993-1994 is a new book about Australian painter Ann Thomson. It is now available for loan.

Australian Photography (November 2008)

The latest issue of Australian Photography is now in the learning centre and is available for loan. If you would like me to email you the contents page please let me know.

Mode et Mode No. 344 (Autumn 2008)

The latest edition of Mode et Mode has come into the learning centre and now available for loan.

This journal is held for the latest 10 years in the Reid Learning Centre.

Slipstream by Wilma Tabacco

A catalogue of the exhibition Slipstream by Wilma Tabacco held at Niagara Galleries Melbourne 4-29 May 2004.

Here is also a link to a website of the exhibition:

http://www.niagara-galleries.com.au/artists/artistpages/artists_worx/wilma_tabacco/04/tabacco04.html

Well connected : Dobell & company

A catalogue from an exhibition held at Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, 12 May-17 June 2001

Voyage from shore to shore by Charles Reddington

A catalogue from the exhibition Voyage From Shore to Shore by Charles Reddington held at Axia Modern Art, Armadale, 2004.

http://www.axiamodernart.com.au/

Fashion Entrepreneur: starting your own fashion business by Sandra Burke

Another new fashion book available for loan. Fashion entrepreneur: starting your own fashion business by Sandra Burke. It is on the new book stand in the Reid Learning Centre.

100 New Fashion Designers by Hywel Davies

100 New Fashion Designers by Hywel Davies is a new book that is now available for loan. Come in and check it out.

bd : The Architect's Website

For architects and building designers. This website is "Architecture news from the architects' favourite weekly newspaper - Building Design"

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/indexbd.asp

Artabase

An interesting resource I found today...

About Artabase:

"Artabase is an innovative, Web 2.0, social networking website for the arts that allows Artists and Galleries to promote themselves and their Exhibitions, storing this information in an online database of art history. The website is still at Beta version, but aims to become the world's premier art archive. Art Lovers can use Artabase to out what's on in Galleries around the world, and to discover new Artists."

http://artabase.net/

Annie Leibovitz article

In the latest issue of The Weekend Australian Magazine (October 25-26, 2008) there is an article about photographer Annie Leibovitz that you may be interested in.

Australian Design Trends - Vol. 24 No. 14

The latest issue of Australian Design Trends has come into the library and is now available for loan. This issue addresses Commercial Design. If you would like me to email the contents page to you please let me know via email.

Architectural Review Australia - Issue 107 (2008)

The latest issue of Architectural Review Australia has come into the learning centre and is now available for loan. If you would like me to send you a copy of the contents page please let me know via email.

Aperture (Summer 2008)

The latest edition of Aperture has come into the learning centre and is available for loan. It is a really great photography magazine. If you would like me to email the contents page to you just let me know via email.

Ragtrader (17 October 2008)

The latest edition of Ragtrader has come into the learning centre and now available for loan.

You may also be interested in looking at the accompanying website:

http://www.ragtrader.com.au/ragtrader/

This journal is held for the latest 5 years in the Reid Learning Centre.

Prints and Printmaking

I've just stumbled across this website that provides a database to prints and printmaking in the Australian and Asia Pacific Region. Here is a description from the website:

Prints and printmaking Australia Asia Pacific provides a gateway for information on printed images from Australia and the Asia Pacific region. The focus of the site is prints and printmaking by artists from Australia, Aboriginal Australia, the Torres Strait Islands, Papua New Guinea, Maori and Pakeha Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific region including, New Caledonia, Nuie, Samoa, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands. The site also includes references to prints and printmaking in China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Based on the Australian print collection at the National Gallery of Australia there is free online access to over 22,000 images. The databases can be searched by artist, subject or print techniques such as etching, woodcut, wood-engraving, linocut, lithograph, screenprint, monotype and other print related processes such as posters and artists books. Index to online information on printmakers, print workshops, print publishers, print galleries and public and private collections. This service is an initiative of Roger Butler, Senior Curator of Australian Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Australia. This access initiative is generously supported by the Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund.

http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/

Daily Heller by Steven Heller

This is an interesting blog by Steven Heller who writes for Print magazine. You can sign up to the mailing list and receive a daily post of the musings of Steven Heller. Great for the visual arts and graphic design.

http://blog.printmag.com/dailyheller/

Feedback/Suggestions, etc...

If you have any feedback regarding the blog or some suggestions of what you may like to see posted here for your information please let me know. My aim for this blog is that it is a useful tool for you. You can come see me in the learning centre or email me if you would like to provide any suggessions/feedback about the blog.

Exhibition at the National Library of Australia

There is an exhibition on at the National Library of Australia at the moment about photographer Charles Bayliss. The exhibition is called A Modern Vision: Charles Bayliss, Photographer, 1850–1897. It will be on until 26 October and the Exhibition Gallery is open 9 am – 5 pm, daily, free.

See the online exhibition here http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/bayliss/index.html

Architecture : Residential Drafting and Design

This is a new book and there is also an accompanying workbook. It is the 10th edition of Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design by Clois E. Kicklighter. This book is now available for loan.

Textiles and fashion by Jenny Udale

There is a new book available for loan called Textiles and Fashion by Jenny Udale. It looks like a beautiful new resource for fashion.

Autumn Catalogue : Australian and New Zealand works of art : 30 April-25 May 2008

We've just received the Autumn Catalogue : Australian and New Zealand works of art : 30 April-25 May 2008. It was from at exhibition held at Martin Browne Fine Art. You can also view the art works here:

http://www.martinbrownefineart.com/Autumn08Ex.html

This book is available for loan.

Gascoigne Country - DVD

I have been in the process of getting some of our video recordings converted to DVD. Today we received the newly converted Gascoigne Country. It is now available for loan. Here is a summary of the content:

An inspirational story about the life and work of the renowned visual artist, Rosalie Gascoigne, who died in 1999.

It's a story of a woman who came to art late in life, after all the business of kids and family, but scaled the heights of both national and international recognition.

Stuck in the wilderness of Canberra's Mt Stromlo's pine forests, when Rosalie did turn to art her approach was direct - straight to the objects in her immediate environment - road signs, drink crates, corrugated iron and kitchen ware all became the 'stuff' of her art.

At the centre of the program is a revealing interview with Gascoigne, recorded not long before her death.

Others, including husband Ben, son Martin and revered art historian and author, Daniel Thomas provide valuable insights into the life of this great Australian.

Taken from http://www.abc.net.au/programsales/s1123358.htm

A Daily Dose of Architecture

This blog describes itself as "(Almost) daily architectural musings from New York City"

http://archidose.blogspot.com/

German Expressionist Prints 1898-1930

I love printmaking. I was very excited to see this new book about German Expressionist Prints 1898-1930 which was an exhibition held at the Rex Irwin Gallery from the 17th June to 12th July 2008.

Check it out online as well.

http://www.rexirwin.com/artists/exhibitions/2008/German_Expressionist_Prints/index.htm

Finn's raft by Steven Harvey

This new book is from an exhibition that was on at the Liverpool Street Gallery in Sydney. The exhibition ran from 21st June to 17th July 2008. On the first page there is a short note by the artist that explains his inspiration for his works. It is very poetic.

You can also see his work here:

http://www.liverpoolstreetgallery.com.au/default.html

fifteen by Elisabeth Kruger

We have a new book available for loan called fifteen by Elisabeth Kruger which is a catalogue of an exhibition held at Martin Browne Fine Art from 25 June to 20 July 2008.

For more information you can go to the website http://www.martinbrownefineart.com/ArtistEKruger.html

Website - PhotoNotes

I came across this website today and it describes itself as "A free information resource for the Internet photographic community".

It contains a dictionary, articles, reviews and a forum that you may be interested in.

http://photonotes.org/

Mossgreen Collection

The Mossgreen Collection is an exhibition catalogue now available for loan in the Learning Centre. It was donated to us by the National Gallery of Australia Research Library. The foreword describes it as "an Exhibition of global art and artefacts, spanning thousands of years."

The Mossgreen Gallery has a website that you also may be interested in taking a look at.

http://www.mossgreen.com.au/

9 Heads

9 Heads: a Guide to Drawing Fashion by Nancy Riegelman has been catalogued and is available for loan. It was actually requested for purchase by a very keen student of fashion!

Lost at E Minor

Here is a website contribution from Lars Wetselaar that includes information on Architecture, Art, Design, Eco, Fashion, Film and Illustration.

http://www.lostateminor.com/

Lee Miller

Another donation we received from the National Gallery of Australia library was a beautiful book called The Art of Lee Miller by Mark Haworth-Booth. It is also available for loan.

The other Lee Miller book we have is called Lee Miller: Portraits from a Life by Richard Calvocoressi.

See also the Lee Miller Archive http://www.leemiller.co.uk/

Simon Taylor

A book donated by the National Gallery of Australia Library has now been catalogued. Simon Taylor : new works : 9 January-3 February 2008. Simon Taylor is an Australian artist. For more information you can visit the Martin Browne Fine Art website http://www.martinbrownefineart.com/ArtistSTaylor.html

Commercial Printing Processes

We have a new DVD in the Learning Centre called Commercial Printing Processes for those interested in offset lithographic printing, digital printing, flexography, screen printing and biding and finishing. It is located in the video/DVD section of the learning centre.