{"product_id":"emily-by-andrew-bailey-out-29-september-2026","title":"Emily by Andrew Bailey (out 29 September 2026)","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eEmily Kame Kngwarreye only started painting at the age of 79. She is now regarded by many as Australia's most important artist, with an international reputation that continues to grow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on accounts from those close to her as well as previously unexamined sources, Andrew Bailey reveals the inside story of how a senior law woman from one of the most remote parts of the country came to prominence in just seven years. She has twice been represented at the Venice Biennale, and a solo retrospective of her work appeared at the Tate Modern in London in 2025. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet Bailey shows we still greatly underestimate Kngwarreye. He demonstrates how her striking work was a catalyst for profound national cultural change in the final decade of the twentieth century. This is the previously untold story of the emergence of contemporary Indigenous art, and a compelling insight into how Australia sees itself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is the first comprehensive book on one of Australia's greatest artists.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eMargo Ngawa Neale, curator and author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intimate portrait of an artist who has become an Australian legend.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eJohn McDonald, art critic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Andrew Bailey brings some of the dramatic pull of an adventure story to the life and times of the Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eJed Perl, art critic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With a forensic eye for detail, Bailey has unpicked the layered politics and personality surrounding Kngwarreye, exposing the extraordinarily powerful forces at play around her-and the savvy and grounded personal force she clearly wielded.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eDan Bourchier, NITV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is art history at its best: meticulous and obsessed with the right question, which is what it means that the most powerful Australian art of the twentieth century came from someone mainstream Australia had spent two centuries ignoring.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eMorgan Meis, art critic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44665054265432,"sku":"9781761474002","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781761474002_1.jpg?v=1787798942","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/emily-by-andrew-bailey-out-29-september-2026","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}