Ailan Currents: Contemporary Printmaking From the Torres Strait

97 pp., illustrations. This publication illustrates salient works from the mid-2000s by a selection of leading and emerging artists from Zenadh-Kes (Torres Strait) working in Fine Art Printmaking. It features biographies of each artist, fold out pages of large scale works and essays on the history of printmaking in the Zenadh-Kes region. These important artists are driving a new movement in Indigenous Fine Art Printmaking that deserves recognition as a significant contribution to the history of Australian cultural life. The work is gaining momentum across Australia and internationally and is avidly collected by private collectors and leading institutions.