Collection: Penrith Gallery

This title brings together for the first time alll the different facets of Aboriginal art. From indigenous painting, sculpture, ceremony and dance, to the making of decorative body ornaments, carved utensils and spun or woven articles for everyday use.

In 2007 Australian artists Winsome Jobling and Leon Stainer travelled to West Timor to impart their skills in fine paper and print making. What ensued was a new form of art production for the West Timorese, whose weaving traditions are strongly apparent.

This is the story of the benefactors of the Lewers Bequest and the Friends of the Penrith Regional Gallery, who played a major role in securing a significant cultural asset for the people of Penrith.

A history of the 129 indigenous Australians who comprise the first Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame. Representing 25 sports, from athletics & Aussie rules to tennis & woodchopping. Their achievements are part of Australia's sporting history.

Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, Cathy Freeman, Kyle Vander Kype, Artie Beetson, Dale Shearer, the Ella brothers, Lionel Rose - their names glitter like gold on the honour role of Australian sporting heroes.

The first comprehensive account, twentieth-century British art is examined in its full historical, cultural and political context. Frances Spalding, critic, biographer and art historian, reassesses this century's astonishing achievemenst in British art.

Catalogue of an exhibition that represents 28 of Australia's best contemperary artists, over half of these artists having created new work that was specifically commissioned for the launch of the Campbelltown Arts Centre.

Cezanne the patron-hero of paintings for the first forty years of [20th] century, has had the same kind of status in history of art as Masaccio's frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel or Sistine Ceiling, it is perhaps the power of his presence...[cover]

The Art Gallery of New South Wales held an exhibition of prints, drawings and watercolours to highlight the development of early lithography in France and the artwork of Honore Daumier, at the galley level 2, on 2 November 1990 to 27 January 1991.

The aim of this book is to inspire you to draw. It is designed primarily for the beginner. Stage by stage, it offers guidance to the amateur artist of any age who wants to draw but is uncertain about how or where to begin, and what materials to use.

A catalogue based on a travelling exhibition which featured contemporary Japanese art prints held at the Queensland Art Gallery, 4 March 1992 in partnership with the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the College Women's Association of Japan.

In 1978 CSR Limited commissioned 6 photographers to mark 100 years of sugar refining at its Pyrmont refinery in Sydney. This is the catalogue of that exhibition, held 6 November 1985 to 19 January 1986 at the Queensland Art Gallery.

A compendium of the world of modern design over the last 130 years from furniture design to electrical appliances to ceramics & more. It also includes information on designers, craftspeople, manufacturers, design studios, materials & historical periods.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 26 November 2004-30 January 2005 & the Cultural Centre Tjibaou, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1 June-28 August 2005 featuring photography of Aboriginal artist Destiny Deacon.

Survey of the work of Dick Watkins which represented Australia at the 18th Sao Paulo International Bienal, 1985.

Examines the role of drawing in Australia demonstrating differences in the history of drawing and watercolour painting to that of other more accessible mediums such as oil painting or printmaking. Includes works from public & private collections.

This exhibition catalogue highlights a collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art which demonstrate the diversity, uniqueness and exceptional achievements of Australia's indigenous culture.

This is the first of a planned series of touring craft exhibitions to be presented by the Queensland Art Gallery, aimed at stimulating public interest in the creative use of fibre and fabric materials.

Australian artists were becoming increasingly aware of their insularity, nationality and existence in the world of art. Also features Grace Cossington Smith, Norah Simpson, Margaret Preston, Will Ashton, George Lambert, Elioth Gruner, Thea Proctor.

One of Australia's foremost abstract artists. In the mid-1960s, one of a small group of pioneering artists who introduced hard-edge optical abstraction to Australia. Pursuing colour and abstraction in painting and sculpture with complexity and paradox.