October 2005 Issue 184

1 Letter from DarwiN: DEBORAH CLARKShirley Purdie [Kija language/Warmun WA], Dirringinji, 2005, natural pigments on wood. Courtesy of the artist and MAGNT — **1 Letter from DarwiN: DEBORAH CLARK**
Shirley Purdie [Kija language/Warmun WA], *Dirringinji*, 2005, natural pigments on wood. Courtesy of the artist and MAGNT

2 Caroline Jordan: Picturesque Pursuits: Colonial Women Artists & the Amateur Tradition: ELIZABETH LAWSONMelbourne University Press, 2005, 224 pp $49.95 RRP — **2 Caroline Jordan: *Picturesque Pursuits: Colonial Women Artists & the Amateur Tradition*: ELIZABETH LAWSON**
Melbourne University Press, 2005, 224 pp $49.95 RRP

3 Cultural Relations: The Other Side of the Diplomatic Coin, Neil Manton: PHILIPPA KELLYHomosapien Books, 2003 180 pp — **3 *Cultural Relations: The Other Side of the Diplomatic Coin*, Neil Manton: PHILIPPA KELLY**
Homosapien Books, 2003 180 pp

4 Decolonising the Mind, Ulli Beier: JENNIFER ISAACSPandanus Books, 2005 169pp $45.00 RRP — **4 *Decolonising the Mind*, Ulli Beier: JENNIFER ISAACS**
Pandanus Books, 2005 169pp $45.00 RRP

5 Art: A New History, Paul Johnson: MICHAEL ROSENTHALWeidenfeld & Nicolson (distributed in Australia by Allen & Unwin), 2003 777pp $75.00 RRP — **5 *Art: A New History*, Paul Johnson: MICHAEL ROSENTHAL**
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (distributed in Australia
by Allen & Unwin), 2003 777pp $75.00 RRP

6 Antipodean wanderer in the Mediterranean, Diana Wood Conroy: MELISSA BOYDEThe Fabric of the Ancient Theatre: Excavation Journals from Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean Moufflon Publications Ltd. (distributed in Australia by the Australian Book… — **6 *Antipodean wanderer in the Mediterranean*, Diana Wood Conroy: MELISSA BOYDE**
*The Fabric of the Ancient Theatre: Excavation Journals from Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean*

Moufflon Publications Ltd. (distributed in Australia by the Australian Book Group), 2004 394 pp $60.00 RRP

7 Prosthetic Gods, Hal Foster: MICHAEL CARTERThe MIT Press, 2004 455pp, $63.00 RRP — **7 *Prosthetic Gods*, Hal Foster: MICHAEL CARTER**
The MIT Press, 2004 455pp, $63.00 RRP

8 Over Here: International Perspectives on Art and Cultureand Nikos Papastergiadis (ed), Complex Entanglements: Art, Globalisation and Cultural Difference, Gerardo Mosquera and Jean Fisher (ed): Ian McLeanThe New Museum of Contemporary Art and The M… — 8 *Over Here: International Perspectives on Art and Culture*and Nikos Papastergiadis (ed), *Complex Entanglements: Art, Globalisation and Cultural Difference*, Gerardo Mosquera and Jean Fisher (ed): Ian McLean
The New Museum of Contemporary Art and
The MIT Press, 2004 431 pp US$40.00 RRP

9 Walter Sickert: A Life, Matthew Sturgis: ROGER NEILLHarperCollins, 2005, 784 pp $75.65 RRP (hardback) — **9 *Walter Sickert: A Life*, Matthew Sturgis: ROGER NEILL**
HarperCollins, 2005, 784 pp $75.65 RRP (hardback)

10 A life by design: the art and lives of Florence Broadhurst, Siobhan O’Brien: JOHN MCPHEEAllen and Unwin, 2004, 280 pp $24.95 RRP10 Mr Felton’s Bequests, John Poynter: ROBERT DINGLEYThe Miegunyah Press, 2003, xxiv+639 pp $89.95 RRP (hardback) — **10 *A life by design: the art and lives of Florence Broadhurst*, Siobhan O’Brien: JOHN MCPHEE**
Allen and Unwin, 2004, 280 pp $24.95 RRP
**10 *Mr Felton’s Bequests,* John Poynter: ROBERT DINGLEY**
The Miegunyah Press, 2003, xxiv+639 pp $89.95 RRP (hardback)

11 The Art of War and Scott Bevan,Battle lines: Australian Artists at War, Betty Churcher: BETTY SNOWDENThe Miegunyah Press, 2004 200 pp $39.95 RRP (paperback) Random House, 2004 $59.95 (hardback), $34.95 (paperback) RRP — **11 *The Art of War and Scott Bevan,Battle lines: Australian Artists at War,* Betty Churcher: BETTY SNOWDEN**
The Miegunyah Press, 2004
200 pp $39.95 RRP (paperback)

Random House, 2004 $59.95 (hardback),
$34.95 (paperback) RRP

12 Art, Performance, Media: 31 Interviews, Nicholas Zurbrugg (ed): JOHN CONOMOSUniversity of Minnesota Press, 2004 407 pp US$77.95 (hb), US$25.95 (pb) RRP — **12 *Art, Performance, Media: 31 Interviews*, Nicholas Zurbrugg (ed): JOHN CONOMOS**
University of Minnesota Press, 2004
407 pp US$77.95 (hb), US$25.95 (pb) RRP

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