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AA Bronson: AA Bronson's House of Shame by A. A. Bronson; Bradford Kessler (Text by); Terence Koh (Text by); Sholem Krishtalka (Text by); Gareth Long (Text by); Chrysanne Stathacos (Text by); Scott Treleaven (Text by); Mark Jan Krayenhoff van de Leur (Text by); Louwrien Wijers (Text by); édéric Bonnet (Interviewer); Vincent Simon (Editor); Philip Aarons (Text by); Defne Ayas (Text by); Elijah Burger (Text by); Paul Clinton (Text by); Matthias Herrmann (Text by); Richard John Jones (Text by)
Category: Art Books
How the pioneering queer artist has reconstructed friendship and community through art in works from 2013 to 2018A nocturnal secret ritual performed by two naked men in a hotel room in the Netherlands; a woven tent where the artist dressed as a mage encounters visitors to share their traumas; butt plugs ...Show more
Art and Life: The Memoir of a man bearing witness to the remarkable world of Heide by Philip Jones
Category: Art
This autobiography provides a fascinating look into Australia's Heide modern art movement from a man who played an integral part in it. A vivid picture of Australia's bohemian landscape of the 1950s and 1960s emerges and legendary figures in the Australian art scene, such as John and Sunday Reed, come t ...Show more
Australia's Muslim Cameleers: Pioneers of the Inland 1860s-1930s by Philip Jones
Category: Australian History
Between 1870 and 1920, as many as 2,000 cameleers and 20,000 camels arrived in Australia from Afghanistan and northern India. Australia's Muslim Cameleers is a rich pictorial history of these men, their way of life and the vital role they played in pioneering transport and communication routes across ou ...Show more
Behind the Doors: An art history from Yuendumu by Philip Jones
Category: Art and Design
The Yuendumu Doors are among the freshest, most remarkable documents of Aboriginal art. Painted thirty years ago at a remote desert school by artists steeped in ritual knowledge, the Doors survived against the odds. After near-obliteration by desert winds, sun, and children's graffiti, the Doors have be ...Show more
Boomerang: Behind an Australian Icon by Philip Jones
Category: History
A guide to the unique Australian icon, the Aboriginal boomerang. Discover its uses, its ancient and contemporary history. Jones covers everything from the physics of the boomerang to how to make your own. He illustrates his text with over 100 full-colour photographs.
Illustrating the Antipodes: George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845 by Philip Jones
Category: Art and Design
George French Angas (1822–1886) was one of the nineteenth century’s outstanding colonial artists. As a young man in the 1840s he journeyed to Australia and New Zealand, where he excelled at capturing the minute detail of plants and people, objects and landscapes. The bush was his studio — he captured th ...Show more
Images of the Interior: Seven Central Australian Photographers by Philip Jones
Category: Art and Design
The photographs in this book document some of the first European impressions of Central Australia's landscape and society, taking us behind the stereotypes to the reality of the frontier itself, long before tourism and colour photography transformed our view of the outback.
Light on Death: The Spiritual Art of Dying by Philip Jones
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Phillip Jones developed his Four Stages of Life Model while helping people of all ages successfully navigate the rite of passage from birth to death. Drawing from ancient Vedic culture and based on India's venerable Varnasrama system, this model can help anyone balance the conflicting tasks of each stag ...Show more
Nonconformers - A New History of Self-Taught Artists by Lisa Slominski; Michael Bonesteel (Contribution by); Mamadou Cisse (Contribution by); Sophia Cosmadopoulos (Contribution by); Tom di Maria (Contribution by); Jo Farb Hernandez (Contribution by); Cheryl Finley (Contribution by); Katherine Jentleston (Contribution by); Sarah Lombardi (Contribution by); John Maizels (Contribution by); Philip March Jones (Contribution by); William Scott (Contribution by); George Widener (Contribution by)
Category: Art and Design
A global history of self-taught artists advocating for a nuanced understanding of modern and contemporary art often challenged by the establishment When the art world has paid attention to makers from outside the cultural establishment, including so-called outsider and self-taught artists, it has gener ...Show more
Ochre And Rust - Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers by Philip Jones
Category: History
Takes Aboriginal and colonial artefacts from their museum shelves, and traces their stories, revealing charge and nuanced moments of encounter in Australia's frontier history. Special Price A$24.00 valid 01/09/08-13/10/08 ALIA Conference 08
Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and encounters on Australian frontiers by Philip Jones
Category: Australian History
Ochre and Rust offers a fresh perspective on frontier relations between Australian Aboriginal people and European colonists. Nine museum artefacts take the reader into a fascinating zone of encounter and mutual curiosity between collectors and those indigenous people who piqued or responded to their int ...Show more
Reiki, Orion Plain and Simple by Philip Jones
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: Plain and Simple
A pracitcal guide to opening and strengthening your reiki channels.Since originating in Japan in 1922, Reiki has been adapted to cultural traditions across the world. Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which a "universal energy" is transferred through the ...Show more