Current: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand

by Art & Australia

A comprehensive survey of contemporary art in Australia and New Zealand, edited by Art and Australia. Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand is the first comprehensive survey of all that is cutting edge in Australian and New Zealand contemporary practice. In a landmark publication, the book features eighty artists, carefully chosen to best reflect the vibrancy of art of the moment. While Current could be seen as a hot list of contemporary taste in the tradition of Taschen s Art Now, inclusivity is the book s abiding theme. Current is also underpinned by scholarship with commissioned essays by the region s leading writers and curators. *Profiles of 80 artists from Australia and New Zealand *Five essays by leading curators *Roundtable discussion on contemporary Indigenous art *Beautifully designed with over 240 pages of images

360 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008