Image: photo of a spread from Current featuring a work by Richard Killeen,
The temptation of Saint Anthony, 2007

New Book Of Australian And New Zealand Contemporary Art

Recently edited by Art & Australia is Current: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand, a mammoth tomb of recent art sure to entertain, enliven and enrage with its selection of artists - a necessary pitfall for any project seeking to be definitive. But it’s nice to see a big book with New Zealand artists in it and it’s encouraging to see so many of these artists making traction in Australia. Parochialism aside, the book is a useful tool for entering into Australian art for the non-jet setters amongst us in the arts community. Many of the Australian artists will be familiar to audiences here from recent shows including Mikala Dwyer, Hany Armanious and Tracey Moffatt. As well as including a large selection of New Zealand artists – including Richard Killeen, Peter Robinson, et al, Michael Stevenson, Yvonne Todd, Andrew McLeod and Michael Parekowhai - there are articles by Justin Patton and Robert Leonard, who’s kept up his involvement in New Zealand art since moving to Brisbane to become Director of the IMA.

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