$68.00
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
8 April 2020
Summary
Colin McCahon: A Modernist Vision
Colin McCahon (1919-1987) stands as New Zealand’s preeminent artist of the twentieth century. His artistic journey, encompassing landscapes, biblical narratives, abstraction, the incorporation of text, and Maori influences, shaped a uniquely New Zealand modernist expression.
While McCahon’s works have been widely collected and exhibited across Australasia and Europe, a comprehensive assessment of his entire oeuvre has been absent for over th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869409081 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869409086 |
| Series: | Colin McCahon |
| Author: | Peter Simpson |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Imprint: | Auckland University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 2.52kg |
| Dimensions: | 46mm x 293mm x 248mm |
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Critics Review
‘Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction. Vol 1. 1919-1959 belongs in every New Zealand home. With more than 300 illustrations, it is an alluring and profound coffee-table book. But for its real readers, it will be a wonderfully responsive and permanent triumph.’ - David Herkt, Weekend Herald, ‘This is an excellent, scrupulously annotated and engagingly written book … and the perfect gift for that loner at the cocktail party nursing a drink after, even if only in jest, having said Colin McCahon was overrated.’ - Graham Reid, Elsewhere
About The Author
Peter Simpson
Peter Simpson is a former associate professor of English at the University of Auckland. He is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books including Colin McCahon: The Titirangi Years, 1953-1959 and Bloomsbury South: The Arts in Christchurch 1933-1953. He has also curated three significant exhibitions of McCahon’s work. He received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement (non-fiction) in 2017.
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