Author(s): Brad Irwin

Art and Music - children

This ground-breaking picture book combines work from the hottest of young contemporary artists with illustrations from up-and-coming artist John Ward Knox and text from impressive young lecturer and art educator Brad Irwin. Squarely aimed at children, this work follows four children as they look at different artworks in a gallery and try to work out what contemporary art is. It's simply and clearly written and focuses on actual comments Brad Irwin collected from New Zealand school children. The artworks are from a number of disciplines - painting, scultpture, installations, video work etc and the artists include the well-known such as Michael Paraekowhai, Yvonne Todd and Shane Cotton and the emerging such as Todd Stratton and Sriwhana Spong. John Ward Knox is a multi-talented artist and lecturer at Elam School of Art, and his illustrations and design have great movement and energy. There is no other book on the market like this - even internationally.