This Way Up presents twenty-first century abstraction as a splendid and many-headed beast. Thirty-seven heads actually, and all are painters associated with the Painting Workshop at the Australian National University: staff, Honours graduates, Postgraduates, alumni and friends of the school. Painting at ANU has always fostered diversity and independence of creative thinking. While our studio teaching and research ranges across the whole range of contemporary painting practices, this 2010 showcase focuses on abstract painting, reflecting a vigorous resurgence of interest in abstraction in recent years.