This Thing in the Mirror Self Portraits by New Zealand Artists By Claire Finlayson.

Publisher: Craig Potton Publishing, 2004, First Edition.

Very good hardback with good jacket, binding firm, faint light stains and marks to back cover otherwise near new with no inscriptions. Jacket has some light stains to back cover. 132 pages, illustrated.

This Thing in the Mirror is not a comprehensive survey of New Zealand self-portraiture nor a thorough academic study. Instead, in a style intended to appeal to the general reader as well as the art specialist, it seeks to peel back a few layers, offer some illuminating points and ponderings, and drop an anecdote in here or there. At its most basic level this book celebrates and records some of New Zealand's most inventive personalities. Like the best of companions these self-portraits amuse, confound and engage you, and add some warm human lore to the art history shelves. The artists are arranged alphabetically to emphasise the randomness of the selection and also to allow them to sit cheek-by-jowl with interesting and unlikely neighbours. Extended commentaries by the author give an insight into the background of each painting.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.

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