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/