Portrait of a Collection: TarraWarra Museum of Art printmaking and New Zealand

and New Zealand

this volume offers a profound exploration of the intersections between art and the myriad subjectivities that shape our understanding of it

Ngarra's wet season wanderings through the land nurtured his participation in life's ceremonies

Accompanied by archival illustrations and 18 essays from diverse contributors

Portrait of a Collection: TarraWarra Museum of Art printmaking and New ZealandTarraWarra Museum of Art in the Yarra Valley holds one of the countrys finest collections of Australian art from the 1930s to the present day. Established through the generous donation of founding patrons, the late Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO, the museums collection follows three prevailing themes: landscape, the solitary figure and abstraction. I wanted to get to know a lot of artists to find out what motivated them, why they did what they did and