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Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:50 pm
by biggerry
Australian landscape photography 1970s until now
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Rd, The Domain 2000
Sydney, Australia

16 Mar - 29 May 2011

free entry - definitely going to this one - I will be make an evening of this with a sunset session at mrs mac's chair. Anyone keen?


Unlike politically and conceptually informed landscape photography in Australia in the 1970s, which was a tentative exploration of the idea of place and reclamation, some recent photographic work can be seen to explore the idea of place in dynamic relation to culture, despite the specificities of location.

This exhibition looks at the earlier work and compares and contrasts intention and effect in relation to more recent photography and examines works that present very specific views of locations and what that location or place can be taken to represent. Includes 18 artists from Jon Rhodes, Lynn Silverman, Simryn Gill, Ricky Maynard, Rosemary Laing to Paul Ogier.

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:10 pm
by colin_12
I'll toss my hat in for this Gerry.
Will try to organise life so that I can make a date we all agree on. :up:

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:17 pm
by aim54x
I am keen...but it will have to be after Feb 26th

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:24 pm
by surenj
keen.

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:39 pm
by sevencolours
Will try to make this one

Philip

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:46 pm
by biggerry
aim54x wrote:I am keen...but it will have to be after Feb 26th


well that should work out nicely since it starts in March :up:

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:52 pm
by aim54x
biggerry wrote:
aim54x wrote:I am keen...but it will have to be after Feb 26th


well that should work out nicely since it starts in March :up:

:oops: i should pay more attention

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:25 pm
by Mr Darcy
It would have to be mid to late May for me.

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:52 pm
by surenj
As mentioned in the Leibovitz thread, keen for this weekend.

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:33 am
by biggerry
surenj wrote:As mentioned in the Leibovitz thread, keen for this weekend.


yep, I am in. Sunday arvo followed by sunset in the da city.

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:30 am
by aim54x
I will try to make it. I have had to keep sunday free for a catch up with some friends but to date we still do not have any plans set in concrete. Keep me in the loop pls

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:41 pm
by biggerry
aim54x wrote:I will try to make it. I have had to keep sunday free for a catch up with some friends but to date we still do not have any plans set in concrete. Keep me in the loop pls


will msg ya...otherwise just call me..

any other takers?!

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:17 pm
by surenj
Might be a cloudy day. Fingers crossed for a cracker sunset.

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:33 pm
by biggerry
This exhibition was..interesting, I am not sure whether I really liked it or not, there was quite a few abstract scenes and the impression I got was it was more abstract art then 1970s landscape photography. Nonetheless it was an educational experience and not time wasted.

I have to say (and this will only mean somethign for those who have seen it), but wtf was the bunch of white pictures on teh back wall (well thats what they seemed to me!) talk about very ultra super minimalist, it felt like 'here's a blank piece of canvas make your own mind up' :rotfl2:

probably my lack of art understanding coing thru here... :roll:

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:28 pm
by surenj
biggerry wrote:lack of art understanding

:rotfl2: Maybe.... Although it's hard to define what an art understanding/appreciation is in the first palce.

[Hope I haven't opened a can of worms about art understanding.... :roll: ]

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:35 pm
by surenj
biggerry wrote:bunch of white pictures on teh back wall (well thats what they seemed to me!) talk about very ultra super minimalist

Maybe they were saving ink... :mrgreen:

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:53 pm
by radar
surenj wrote:
biggerry wrote:bunch of white pictures on teh back wall (well thats what they seemed to me!) talk about very ultra super minimalist

Maybe they were saving ink... :mrgreen:


Out of ink and cash more then likely :twisted:

Re: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:22 pm
by biggerry
radar wrote:Out of ink and cash more then likely :twisted:


surenj wrote:Maybe they were saving ink...


:rotfl2:

seriously though, has anyone else seen this exhibition, I am keen to hear whats other think about it!