Emily
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, the artist who changed Australia
$49.40
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2026
Summary
Emily Kame Kngwarreye only started painting at the age of 79. She is now regarded by many as Australia’s most important artist, with an international reputation that continues to grow.
Drawing on accounts from those close to her as well as previously unexamined sources, Andrew Bailey reveals the inside story of how a senior law woman from one of the most remote parts of the country came to prominence in just seven years. She has twice been represented at the Venice Biennale, and a sol…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761474002 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761474006 |
| Author: | Andrew Bailey |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 752g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 182mm x 237mm |
Critics Review
This is the first comprehensive book on one of Australia’s greatest artists. – Margo Ngawa Neale, curator and author
An intimate portrait of an artist who has become an Australian legend. – John McDonald, art critic
Andrew Bailey brings some of the dramatic pull of an adventure story to the life and times of the Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye. – Jed Perl, art critic
This is art history at its best: meticulous and obsessed with the right question, which is what it means that the most powerful Australian art of the twentieth century came from someone mainstream Australia had spent two centuries ignoring. – Morgan Meis, art critic
Andrew Bailey
Andrew Bailey is a former business executive and publisher of the weekly art newsletter The Easel. He has held roles in the Commonwealth Treasury and McKinsey & Company; and senior executive roles at Optus Communications, Crown Castle Australia and the Department of Climate Change.
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