South Australian Living Artist Publication
The South Australian Living Artist Publication is an annual opportunity for a South Australian artist to have their visual arts practice celebrated in a high quality book. There are 26 books in this series, which is published by Wakefield Press and supported by the Government of South Australia. The publication aims to develop audiences and focus on artists’ current and future practice, and is written by an established and an emerging writer.
Applications for this opportunity are facilitated by the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Sue Kneebone
This monograph is the first publication dedicated to tracing the breadth and diversity of Sue Kneebone’s research and practice.
Through their respective lenses, curators Elle Freak and Andrew Purvis, and artists James Tylor and Nicole Clift, deftly explore different aspects of her artistic approach.
Available from Wakefield Press.
Julia Robinson
This is the first major publication dedicated to Julia Robinson’s practice.
Writers Leigh Robb, Hannah Kent, and Jess Taylor examine Robinson’s work through their respective lenses and weave together the visual art, literature, folklore, and film most influential to her practice.
Available in August 2024 from Wakefield Press.
Check out the titles in this series by their cover below, listed newest to oldest.
Most are available for purchase – click on the images to check.
Previous books in the series (in chronological order, oldest-newest):
- Annette Bezor: A Passionate Gaze, Richard Grayson
- Kathleen Petyarre: Genius of Place, Christine Nicholls and Ian North
- James Darling: Instinct, Imagination, Physical Work, Daniel Thomas
- Nick Mount: Incandescence, Margot Osborne
- Ian W. Abdulla: Elvis Has Entered The Building, Stephen Fox and Janet Maughan
- Deborah Paauwe: Beautiful Games, Wendy Walker
- Michelle Nikou, Ken Bolton
- Aldo Iacobelli: I Heart Painting, John Neylon
- Julie Blyfield, Stephanie Radok and Dick Richards
- Gerry Wedd: Thong Cycle, Mark Thomson
- Angela Valamanesh: About being here, Cath Kenneally
- Khai Liew, Peter Ward
- Hossein Valamanesh: Out of nothingness, Mary Knights and Ian North
- Mark Kimber, Jim Moss
- Stephen Bowers: Beyond Bravura, Damon Moon and John Neylon
- Nicholas Folland, Lisa Slade
- Giles Bettison: Pattern and perception, Margot Osborne
- Catherine Truman: Touching Distance, Melinda Rackham
- Christopher Orchard: The Uncertainty of the Poet, Peter Goldsworthy, Margot Osborne, Roy Ananda, Julia Robinson, and Rod Taylor
- Clare Belfrage: Rhythms of Necessity, Kay Lawrence and Sera Waters
- Louise Haselton: Act Natural, Gillian Brown, Leigh Robb, and Jenna McKenzie
- Kirsten Coelho, Wendy Walker and Glenn Barkley
- Roy Ananda, Andrew Purvis, Bernadette Klavins, Sean Williams
- Mark Valenzuela, Belinda Howden, Anna O’Loughlin
- Helen Fuller, Ross Wolfe, Sasha Grbich, Glenn Barkley
- Julia Robinson, Leigh Robb, Hannah Kent, Jess Taylor
- Sue Kneebone: Unnatural Causes, Elle Freak, Andrew Purvis, James Tylor, Nicole Clift
