About Face: Contemporary Portrait Painting in Australia and New Zealand printmaking Lubaina Himid

Lubaina Himid

From ancient times to the present

The second in the series of artist monographs published by Art Collective WA - telling the stories of contemporary visual artists living and working in Western Australia - is a comprehensive survey of the 50-year career of Western Australian artist Jeremy Kirwan-Ward

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

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

About Face: Contemporary Portrait Painting in Australia and New Zealand printmaking Lubaina HimidFrom 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