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Review: ‘Anne Ferran: Box of Birds’ at Stills Gallery, Sydney
Exhibition dates: 26th June – 27th July 2013 . tar·ant·ism [tar-uhn-tiz-uhm] noun a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to...
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Openings: ‘John Cato Retrospective’ / Erika Diettes ‘Sudarios (Shrouds)’ at...
Opening date: 17th August 2013 BiFB dates: 17th August – 15th September 2013 Venue: The Mining Exchange, 12 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat Opening hours: 9am – 5pm daily . . I have the great honour of...
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Review: ‘As far as I know’ by Katrin Koenning and Jessie Boylan at The Colour...
Exhibition dates: 4th July – 27th July 2013 . “…the work itself – which describes various traces of industry and built history amid the expanses of rural and outback Australia – is of a much subtler...
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Exhibition: ‘At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston’ at...
Exhibition dates: 26th February – 28th July 2013 . Eggleston photographs the obvious with such candour and vigour that simple things become something more: almost interior statements of his mind...
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Exhibition: ‘Herb Ritts: Beauty and Celebrity’ at Oklahoma City Museum of...
Exhibition dates: 9th May – 28th July 2013 . I admit that I went through a stage of disliking Herb Ritts photographs – no longer! In contemplation, his formal aestheticism obtains a serene beauty –...
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Exhibition: ‘A World of Bonds: Frederick Sommer’s Photography and...
Exhibition dates: 16th June – 4th August 2013 . Frederick Sommer is not as well known as others in the famous quintet (the others being Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Minor White and Paul Strand). He is...
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Exhibition: ‘Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive Part I’...
Exhibition dates: 9th June 9 2013 – 17th May 2015 . Another group of interesting colonial African photographs from The Walther Collection. Similar in scope to the 20 volume series The American Indian...
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Invitation to opening: ‘Density’ by Andrew Follows, curated by Dr Marcus...
Date: Saturday 31st August 2013, 3.30 – 5pm . I welcome all friends to the opening of the first exhibition I have curated since the completion of my Master of Art Curatorship at The University of...
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Exhibition: ‘Pieter Hugo: This Must Be The Place – Selected Works 2003-2012′...
Exhibition dates: 24th May – 11th August 2013 . I have not seen enough of the other series of Pieter Hugo to make an informed decision, but work from the The Hyena & Other Men (2005-2007) and...
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Exhibition: ‘Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light’ at The Museum of Modern Art, New...
Exhibition dates: 6th March – 12th August 2013 . “Brandt ranks among the visionaries who, in the diversity of their approach, established the creative potential of photography based on observation of...
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Exhibition: ‘The Naked Truth and More Besides: Nude Photography around 1900′...
Exhibition dates: 3rd May – 25th August 2013 . Many thankx to the Museum for Photography for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version...
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Exhibition: ‘Japan’s Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and...
Exhibition dates: 26th March – 25th August 2013 . According to the press release, “Hamaya focused inward toward rural life on the back coast of Japan, [while] Yamamoto found inspiration in the art of...
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Exhibition: ‘Photographic Wonders: American Daguerreotypes from The...
Exhibition dates: 17th May – 25th August 2013 . I love the word “occupationals” to describe portraits of individuals with the hallmarks of their trade. . Many thankx to the Taft Museum of Art for...
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Opening / Exhibition: ‘Sudarios (Shrouds)’ by Erika Diettes at the Mining...
Exhibition dates: 17th August – 15th September 2013 Entry free, open daily 10 am – 5pm . This exhibition is one of the core programs for this year’s Ballarat International Foto Biennale and I had the...
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Video: Installation of Erika Diettes ‘Sudarios (Shrouds) at the Ballarat...
Exhibition dates: 17th August – 15th September 2013 . “Erika Diettes travelled to different cities in the department of Antioquia (Colombia) to interview women who had been present at the torture and...
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Opening speech: ‘John Cato Retrospective’ and book launch at the Ballarat...
Opening: 17th August 2013 Exhibition dates: 17th August – 15th September 2013 . It was an emotional time on Saturday afternoon as I opened the John Cato Retrospective. I hope I did John and Dawn,...
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Exhibition: ‘Globelight ’13 [New Light Art + Design]‘ at Anita Traverso...
Exhibition dates: 30th July – 24th August 2013 Curated by James Tapscott and Sam Mitchell-Fin . Although I could not get to the second part of the exhibition at Abbotsford Convent, what I saw of this...
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Opening photographs: ‘John Cato Retrospective’ and book launch
Exhibition dates: 17th August – 15th September 2013 . Read the opening speech Please click on the photographs to see a larger version of the image and to view other photographs from the opening. . ....
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Exhibition: ‘Lewis Hine – Photography for a Change’ at Fotomuseum Winterthur,...
Exhibition dates: 8th June – 25th August 2013 . “While human truth may be ephemeral qualities like justice are not; the struggle is to define justice and to live it. And for artists to display it.” ....
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Exhibition: ‘Alexander Rodchenko: Revolution in Photography’ at WestLicht...
Exhibition dates: 11th June – 25th August 2013 . “The modern city with its multi-storey buildings, plants, factories [...], all this [...] has changed the psychology of the traditional perception to a...
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