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Ten publications are available for purchase through the on-line bookshop. Payment will be processed securely by PayPal. Alternatively, payment can be made by sending a cheque, payable to David Moore, to Crooked Window, 90 Struet, Brecon, Powys, Wales LD3 7LS.

Please use the buttons below each publication for delivery within the UK. Postage is included. Contact Crooked Window for postage rates for multiple purchases. Please contact Crooked Window for delivery outside the UK.

Books will be despatched as soon as possible after the order has been received.

Islwyn Watkins - Constructions nad Collages brochure

ISLWYN WATKINS: CONSTRUCTIONS AND COLLAGES by David Moore

A full colour illustrated brochure published to coincide with Islwyn Watkins' Constructions & Collages exhibition in the Lake District in 2010. Updated, it is now broader in its coverage and is in its fourth edition.

A5, 6 pages, full colour, fourth edition. Published by Crooked Window 2018.

Price £4.00 including delivery within the UK.

 

Sue Hiley Harris - woven and drawn brochure

SUE HILEY HARRIS:
WOVEN AND DRAWN
by David Moore

Written to accompany the artist's exhibition, this brochure explores a new body of work by the artist. A particular source of inspiration has been a close study of tree forms in Priory Groves, Brecon, and Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor. This has led to a series of expressive drawings and related woven sculpture in paper yarn and silver wire.

297mm x 140mm, 6 pages, full colour. Published by Crooked Window 2019.

Price £4.00 including delivery within the UK.

 

The Welsh Group at 70 catalogue cover

Y GRWP CYMREIG YN 70 /
THE WELSH GROUP AT 70
by David Moore

Published in 2018 to celebrate the Group's seventieth anniversary. This bilingual publication coincided with an exhibition of current members' work at Oriel y Bont, University of South Wales, Treforest. The exhibition tours to MOMA Machynlleth, 4 May to 22 June 2019, and Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy, 19 October to 16 November 2019.

ISBN 978 0 9560867 3 0
220mm x 240mm, 120 pages, paperback, fully illustrated, Welsh and English.
Produced by Crooked Window for publication by The Welsh Group in 2018.

Price £17.50 including delivery within the UK.

 

Into the Light catalogue cover

INTO THE LIGHT:
CASW GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES by David Moore

Published to coincide with the exhibition, Into the Light: CASW Gifts to the University of South Wales at the University's Treforest gallery Oriel y Bont in 2017-18. This bilingual publication discusses the forty works gifted by the Society to the University and how they were acquired.

ISBN 978 0 9563602 4 3
210mm x 210mm, 60 pages, paperback, fully illustrated, Welsh and English. Published by Crooked Window in association with the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, 2017.

Price £7.50 including delivery within the UK.

 

Into the Light catalogue cover

INTO THE LIGHT
CASW GIFTS TO CYFARTHFA CASTLE
by David Moore

Published to coincide with the exhibition Into the Light: CASW Gifts to Cyfarthfa Castle at Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Merthyr Tydfil, in 2015. This bilingual publication discusses the thirty-eight works gifted by the Society to the Museum and how they were acquired.

ISBN 978 0 9563602 3 6
210mm x 210mm, 44 pages, paperback, fully illustrated.
Published by Crooked Window in association with the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, 2015.

Price £7.50 including delivery within the UK.

 

The Brecon Jazz Story in Photographs by Gena Davies

THE BRECON JAZZ STORY
IN PHOTOGRAPHS BY GENA DAVIES
Edited by David Moore

Published to coincide with the thirtieth Brecon Jazz, 2013,The Brecon Jazz Story in Photographs by Gena Davies reveals, through a local photographer's eyes, the changing character of the high-profile festival since its beginning in 1984. It captures internationally renowned musicians as well as the festival's much-loved carnival atmosphere.

ISBN 978 0 9563602 2 9
230mm x 205mm, 152 pages, paperback, fully illustrated.
Published by Crooked Window, 2013.

Price £10.00 including delivery within the UK.

 

A Taste of the Avant-Garde

A TASTE OF THE AVANT-GARDE:
56 GROUP WALES, 56 YEARS
by David Moore

A book which explores the social history of a prominent and, at times, controversial group of professional artists based in post-war Wales. 56 Group Wales drew its influences internationally and exhibited widely in the United Kingdom and on the Continent.

ISBN 978 0 9563602 1 2
230mm x 185mm, 96 pages, paperback, fully illustrated.
Published by Crooked Window, 2012.

Price £11.50 including delivery within the UK.

 

Ancestor Bags catalogue

SUE HILEY HARRIS: ANCESTOR BAGS
by David Moore

The bilingual catalogue for an exhibition of woven sculpture by Sue Hiley Harris shown at MOMA Machynlleth in 2009 and at Bankfield Museum, Halifax, in 2011. Further information may be found on Sue's website: www.suehileyharris.co.uk

ISBN 978 0 9563602 0 5
195mm x 210mm, 20 pages, paperback, fully illustrated, Welsh and English.
Published by Crooked Window, 2009.

Price £5.00 including delivery within the UK.

 

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8 STONES 8 ARTISTS:
EXPLORING THE BEACONS WAY ART TRAIL
by David Moore

Eight artists working in the Brecon Beacons National Park were commissioned to create small relief images which were set into stone. One was placed on each section of the Beacons Way, a long-distance footpath passing through dramatic countryside from the Holy Mountain near Abergavenny westwards to Bethleham near Llandeilo. The guide includes an introduction to artists working in the Brecon Beacons, information about the featured artists, sketch maps showing the location of the artworks and guidance on making successful rubbings. Materials are also provided.

ISBN 978 0 9550617
210mm x 300mm, 24 pages + 24 sheets tracing paper, two wax crayons, Welsh and English, paperback, fully illustrated. Published by Little Fish Press, 2007.

Price £6.50 including delivery within the UK.

 

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BUILDING A SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL ART COLLECTION: THE VISUAL ARTS AT BRECKNOCK MUSEUM & ART GALLERY, 1992 - 2005 by David Moore

An account of a period during which, as curator of Brecon's Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery in Wales, the author oversaw the creation of the art gallery, the establishment of a programme of exhibitions and the rapid expansion of the museum's art collection. This high quality, broad-ranging, regionally-focused collection is a significant cultural resource.

ISBN 978 0 95570 600 4
245mm x 170mm, 54 pages, paperback, illustrated.
Published by Brecknock Museum Art Trust, 2007.

Price £6.75 including delivery within the UK.