Everyday Miracles : The Art of Stanley Spencer

by Mary Kisler, Justin Paton

Published as a companion to New Zealand/Australia touring exhibition of the work of English painter Stanley Spencer (1891-1959).

78 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Mary Kisler is the Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Mary earned her master’s degree in art history and Italian at the University of Auckland in 1994. She has been a curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki since 1998, caring for a collection that spans from c.1150 to 1950, a large part of which is European art but which also includes a small collection of Indian miniatures and Japanese ukiyo-e prints. In 2010 Godwit published her book Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Galleries. In 2019 the Auckland Art Gallery will publish her Hodgkins catalogue raisonnée to accompany a major Hodgkins exhibition.

Reviews

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lightweight but fascinating read, the extended catalogue of an antipodean exhibition tour by one of Britain's more interesting and (dare I say) more eccentric artists. The real interest is in the paintings rather than the two essays which preface the book.