Robert Helpmann Biography: A Servant of Art by Anna Bemrose
by Anna Bemrose
"Helpmann's many roles included those of dancer (ballet and musicals); mime artist; make-up artist; choreographer; actor (stage and screen); director of ballets, plays and operas; co-Artistic Director of the Australian Ballet; and Director of the 1970 Adelaide Festival of Arts."--Provided by publisher.
Bali is a tropical island with beautiful landscapes, mountains, forests and orchards. The coastal plains are covered by rice fields and vegetable gardens, but cultivation of the land is not restricted to farming: the island also boasts a wealth of gardens found in the grounds of temples, palaces, hotels and private houses where greenery and tropical flowers are mixed with ornamental sculpture, pools and running water. This book presents photographs of a selection of the best of these gardens, an...
Guan Wei is an artist of our times. He was born in Beijing, migrated to Australia, and now lives and works in Sydney and Beijing. Other Histories was a major installation by Guan at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, in 2006-2007. The exhibition, inspired by the voyages of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He (1371-1432) and the artist's own journey of migration to Australia, combined large-scale mural paintings and museum objects, transforming the gallery into a floating poetic corridor in which history a...
Thali: Contemporary Aboriginal Art
by Marc Yvonnou and Nicolas Andrin
Ten-year-old Jan Senbergs landed with his family in Melbourne in 1950, driven by tragic and violent events in the closing months of World War II from his native Latvia. His story is a remarkable voyage - from a refugee arriving at Port Melbourne, unable to speak English, to a major Australian painter with a powerful and searching vision of his country. ""Voyage and Landfall"" is the first monograph on Jan Senbergs. Luminously illustrated with more than two hundred paintings and drawings, it unco...
This text contains new information and illustrations for major windows in Britain and overseas, including North America, in churches and art galleries. The illustrations include cartoons as well as close-up details of the glass. The "Places to Visit" identifies the artists and provides telephone numbers for many little-known churches with major windows.