The Companion by Various


Authors
Various
ISBN
9780975103029
Published
Released
02 / 03 / 2015
Binding
Paperback
Pages
336
Dimensions
180 x 220mm

The Companion is the ultimate record of the National Portrait Gallery’s outstanding collection, serving the collection’s purpose – to assist Australian’s understand their identity, history, culture, creativity and diversity.

The Companion is a fine object, a good read, a reference work, and appealing to all. The Companion is not just an anthology of significant faces, but a detailed, lively compendium documenting the history of portraiture and the various ways – formal or informal, public or private, doting or irreverent – in which the genre has been explored in Australia.

Works of art from recent years in The Companion include portraits in new media: Warwick Thornton’s 2013 portrait of musician Paul Kelly, and David Rosetzky’s video depiction of actor Cate Blanchett. There are so many more … reflecting, reminding, inspiring Australians.
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