In and of the Earth
[Artist Book]
Artist | Amanda Watson
Photographer | Sam Hartnett
Writers | Edward Hanfling, Dr Zara Stanhope
Book Designer | Alan Deare, Area Design
ISBN: 978-1-877510-25-0
Standard book - 28 pages, indigo printed [munkin & neo satin], loose wrap jacket, soft cover, colour, 210x280mm | Please use the submission form to check availability.
Limited Edition books - 28 pages, indigo printed [munkin & neo satin], loose wrap jacket, soft cover, colour, 210x280mm with handpainted cover, hand-stitched | SOLD OUT
Available from the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Shop, Poppies Hamilton, and Browsers Bookshop, and also by using this form below.
This artist book is a thoughtfully crafted publication that explores the paintings and practice of Amanda Watson through her recent work in Pukekura, Ngāmotu. This is beautifully made book is put together in a way that features the making processes and takes us on an insightful journey through the New Zealand artist’s site-responsive work. Photographs that capture the paintings being made in tracts of native forest, feature the artist’s collaborative way of working with environments to make her work, as well as a generous plate selection of the finished paintings. Contributors Edward Hanfling and Dr Zara Stanhope write about the work drawing links with the work of Roni Horn, Vivian Suter and Helen Mira, and placing the work in a site-responsive and affective context in New Zealand contemporary art.
Coming soon (October 2025)
Vital Union: Seeing the Real in Spaces and Places
Amanda Watson
[Artist Book]
AUTHOR: Amanda Watson
CONTRIBUTORS: Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin [Kings College London]; Mary Modeen [University of Dundee]. Foreword by Rev. David Longe [Matlaske Benefice, Norfolk].
PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Purdom
BOOK DESIGNER: Alan Deare, Area Design
PRINTER:
ISBN: 978-1-877510-30-4
PAGE EXTENT: 60
FORMAT: Soft cover with jacket, hand-stitched binding, hand-painted cover
SIZE:
PUBLISHER: Amanda Watson, 2025
RIGHTS: Amanda Watson
ARTIST’S COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: New Zealand
Limited Edition Artist Book $120
Standard Edition: $40
All prices in NZD
This artist book is a thoughtfully crafted publication that explores the idea of site-responsive painting through the practice of Amanda Watson and her recent work in Edgefield, the home of her ancestors in Norfolk, England. This is beautifully made book is put together in a way that features the making processes and takes us on an insightful journey through the New Zealand artist’s site-responsive work. Photographs that capture the paintings being made in the architectural spaces of the Edgefield Church, feature the artist’s collaborative way of working with environments to make her work. Contributors Mary Modeen and Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin write about the work drawing links with contemporary land art and philosophical meanderings, and placing the work in a site-responsive and affective context in contemporary environmental art.