About Face: Contemporary Portrait Painting in Australia and New Zealand printmaking From famous paintings to textiles

From famous paintings to textiles and sculptures

and artistic expression through a lens that is both expansive and deeply rooted in Indigenous perspectives

Jessyca Hutchens

From ancient times to the present

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

About Face: Contemporary Portrait Painting in Australia and New Zealand printmaking From famous paintings to textilesFrom 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