With Spirit: Don Driver. A Restropective. NZ ARTIST

Paperback, 80 pages 67 colour illustrations

This monograph on Don Driver's work highlights the diversity of his practice and includes sculpture, painting, assemblage works, collage and installation. The book aims to amplify and compliment the Govett-Brewster exhibition.

First Published 1999, Published By Govett-Brewster Art Galley/David Bateman Auckland. A Good Plus Copy. Some fading to front cover. Internally very good.

'For over thirty years the art of Don Driver has aroused controversy and debate, not least in Taranaki where he has lived most of his life. As early as 1967 Driver's sculpture The Magician aroused a flurry of protest in the local media while on display in New Plymouth library, and the "nude" work was eventually removed by Govett-Brewster Art Gallery director John Maynard "to save a serious artist the humiliating experience of having to remove his own work from a public place". When Ritual, featuring skull-headed dolls clutching farm implements, was exhibited at the National Gallery in 1982, it was accompanied by an assurance from the galley's education service that the art had "no black magic or sinister overtones'. The essays in this publication collectively widen the boundaries of understanding about the influences which have shaped the work of this prolific artist, including Hindu sanctuary, the art of Pablo Picasso, African tribal sculptures, and his travels in America and India. The many colour photographs present the startling variety of Driver's output in a way which has not previously been attempted. A comprehensive chronology puts the artist's work into a personal and critical context'

EAN: 9781869534042 ISBN: 1869534042

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