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Over‑respecting the person, Tony Bellette

Posted on December 22, 1994 by NZ Books

Frances Hodgkins: Paintings and Drawings Iain Buchanan, Michael Dunn, Elizabeth Eastmond Auckland University Press, $79.95 Do we have any right to claim Frances Hodgkins? Famous expatriate artists, to be regarded as properly belonging to their land of birth, normally continue…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Elizabeth Eastmond, Frances Hodgkins, Iain Buchanan, Issue 16, Michael Dunn, Summer 1994, Tony Bellette
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review

Something highly individualistic to say, Tony Bellette

Posted on September 13, 1994 by NZ Books

By the Waters of Babylon: the Art of A Lois White Nicola Green David Bateman, in association with the Auckland City Art Gallery, $39.95 No Road to Follow: Autobiography of a New Zealand Artist Eric Lee‑Johnson Godwit Press, $49.95 WA…

Tagged with: David Bateman, Eric Lee‑Johnson, Godwit Press, Hazard Press, Issue 15, Nicola Green, Pat Unger, Spring 1994, Tony Bellette
Posted in Art, Non-fiction

Looking with new eyes: the Woollaston achievement, Tony Bellette

Posted on July 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Toss Woollaston: A Retrospective Exhibition 1991/2 Toss Woollaston: An Illustrated Biography Gerald Barnett, National Art Gallery, Wellington/ Random Century, Auckland, 1991, $39.95 Viewing the Toss Woollaston retrospective is an occasion for gratification, and even wonder, that the language of painting can be…

Tagged with: Gerald Barnett, Issue 5, National Art Gallery, Tony Bellette, Toss Woollaston, Winter 1992
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction