Cressida Campbell
Through the windscreen 1986
woodcut, printed in watercolour
Collection of Cressida Campbell
© Cressida Campbell
Image courtesy of Cressida Campbell and Warren Macris

Cressida Campbell
Through the windscreen 1986
woodcut, printed in watercolour
Collection of Cressida Campbell
© Cressida Campbell
Image courtesy of Cressida Campbell and Warren Macris


Cressida Campbell


Through the windscreen 1986
woodcut, printed in watercolour
Collection of Cressida Campbell

In Through the windscreen 1986, the vista across Sydney Harbour is tightly composed via the windscreen frame of a Volkswagen. A rear-view mirror reflects the vehicle’s red interior, radically shifting our view from a distant light-industrial horizon to an abstracted close-up.