{"product_id":"daniel-boyd-9781741741599","title":"Daniel Boyd","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaniel Boyd\u003c\/em\u003e (b 1982) is one of Australia's most acclaimed young artists. His practice is internationally recognised for its manifold engagement with the colonial history of the Australia-Great Ocean (Pacific) region. Drawing upon intermingled discourses of science, religion, and aesthetics, Boyd's work reveals the complexities through which political, cultural, and personal memory is composed. With both Aboriginal and ni-Vanuatu heritage, Boyd's work traces this cultural and visual ancestry in relation to the broader history of Western art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWorking with an idiosyncratic painting technique that partially obscures the composition, Boyd refigures archival imagery, art historical references, and his family photographs, forcing us to contend with histories that have been hidden from view. His recent work draws on Gestalt theory, the allegory of Plato's cave, dark matter, and the Necker cube.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaniel Boyd: Treasure Island\u003c\/em\u003e unpacks the ways Boyd holds a lens to colonial history, explores multiplicity within narratives, and interrogates blackness as a form of First Nations' resistance. It provides a thoughtful and thought-provoking response to the current moment where critical dialogues on ideas of community, connectivity, and cultural repatriation carry particular urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith new writing by the exhibition curators and commissioned First Nations authors, the book offers both critical insight into Daniel Boyd's practice as well as creative and experimental responses to his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoyd has exhibited widely in Australia and been recognised internationally with his \u003cem\u003eUp in smoke tour\u003c\/em\u003e exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London in 2011 (following his artist-in-residence there); inclusion in the 56th Venice Biennale \u003cem\u003eAll The World's Futures\u003c\/em\u003e exhibition in 2015; and solo exhibition \u003cem\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/em\u003e at the Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaniel Boyd: Treasure Island\u003c\/em\u003e is published in conjunction with the artist's first major exhibition to be held in an Australian public institution. The book will feature over 100 works from across his nearly two-decade career and includes new work and commissioned spatial interventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460604182764,"sku":"9781741741599","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781741741599-daniel-boyd.jpg?v=1774950117","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/daniel-boyd-9781741741599","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}