The Shepparton Art Gallery has a number of high quality publications that have been published on the collection or to coincide with major exhibitions.
All listed publications are available through mail order. Postage and handling is an extra $10.00 for anywhere in Australia.
POTTERIES OF BRUNSWICK $35.90
A comprehensive book on the many potteries of Brunswick, Victoria including; Hoffman Brick Company, Victorian Art Pottery and Alfred Cornwall. Written by collector Gregory Hill, 2000.
AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS $32.90
A catalogue of the collection of the Shepparton Art Gallery. A substantial publication on the history of Australian ceramics from early convict pottery through commercial potteries to individual studio ceramicists.
LONGSTAFF $6.00
A catalogue from the first sizeable exhibition of the work of Sir John Longstaff. Published in 1975, this catalogue has a biographical essay and reproductions of his most famous works.
THE 2008 SIDNEY MYER FUND INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH LA TROBE UNIVERSITY $12.95
This is the catalogue for the International Ceramics Award held in March/April 2008. All 52 exhibited works are illustrated, with an essay by the judge, Ah Xian.. Catalogues from previous awards are also available.
STREETSCAPE-EARLY ARCHITECTURE IN THE SHEPPARTON REGION $2.00
Published to coincide with the 1998 exhibition, this catalogue offers a fascinating insight into the evolution of Shepparton's architecture.
FE COX - AN ENIGMATIC POTTER $12.00
On display at the Shepparton Art Gallery until 21 January is a stunning exhibition which has been curated by Greg Hill for the Shepparton Art Gallery called, "FE Cox - An Enigmatic Potter (1871-1955)". The exhibition shows the work of FE Cox (Frederick Ernest Cox) whose work was produced under the trade name of Jolliff, his mother's maiden name. Cox's manufacturing techniques of hand building and the use of stoneware firing aligned with his distinctive designs leads to a very memorable range of pottery, the exhibition presents a body of new research on this extraordinary potter whose influence on our early art potters is only now coming to light.
GOODWIN BRADBEER: THE METAPHYSICAL BODY 1970 - 2005 $12.00
A Shepparton Art Gallery Travelling Exhibition
This exhibition surveys 35 years of one of Australia's most
celebrated draftsmen, taking us from Bradbeer's early photographic
self-portraiture through key works in the artist's career. In his
work our natural instinct for self-preservation, pleasure and
procreation can be considered entwined with a yearning for origins
and universal beginnings. The catalogue essay by Dr Neill Overton
places Bradbeer's work within an historical framework.
Retail $12, plus $10 postage and handling. Ph: 03 5832 9860
WILLIAM KELLY: MARKERS ALONG THE WAY $9.00
A Shepparton Art Gallery Travelling Exhibition
While being known principally as a painter and draughtsman William
Kelly's prints have quietly traveled to every continent and
achieved significant international recognition particularly for
their advocacy of Humanist principles. His exhibition ‘Markers
Along the Way' includes hand-coloured and hand worked prints,
woodblock and lino prints, etchings and aquatints, dry point, stone
and plate lithographs, screen prints, electrostatic/photocopy, plan
printing, digital, dot matrix and inkjet prints. Catalogue essay by
Godwin Bradbeer.
Retail $9, plus $10 postage and handling. Ph: 03 5832 9860
All publications can be obtained via credit card over the phone or
by sending a cheque to Shepparton Art Gallery, Locked Bag 1000,
Shepparton Victoria 3632 stating that you wish to obtain a copy and
your return address.