About Face: Contemporary Portrait Painting in Australia and New Zealand printmaking who share a profound fascination

who share a profound fascination with earthenware artefacts—vases

A wonderfully charming glimpse into the life of one very industrious wombat—who

observing as they went the presence of mature boab trees near the entrances to many of the sites

Published by Art Ink in association with the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

Lubaina Himid

About Face: Contemporary Portrait Painting in Australia and New Zealand printmaking who share a profound fascinationFrom the Australian Book Industry Award winning author of Australian Abstract. Containing a sublime collection of works, Amber Creswell Bells book is a deeply fascinating insight into Antipodean portraiture. DAVID WENHAM Since the advent of the camera nearly two centuries ago, a portrait is no longer expected to be an exact likeness. From surrealist renderings to abstract interpretations, contemporary artists have shed the convention of traditional