About Face: Contemporary portrait painting in Australia & New Zealand | Author: Amber Creswell Milly Dent – Doug Aitken

– Doug Aitken

Aitken has realised museum projects around the world

has been acknowledged as the 'single most important reference work on Australian art ever published'

the design captures a sense of light in motion and the interplay between form and space

This clock is unique worldwide - as much a work of art as a clock - you will never see another like it

About Face: Contemporary portrait painting in Australia & New Zealand | Author: Amber Creswell Milly Dent – Doug AitkenFrom the Australian Book Industry Award winning author of Australian Abstract. 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 portraiture, experimenting with an array of styles to convey the personality and character of their subjects. In About Face, Amber Creswell Bell