Sneak Peek:
Albatross Island
Matthew Newton
Next week read the interview with Matthew Newton and see more of his extraordinary images of this little known Bass Strait island off the coast of Tasmania.
Exhibitions:
Living in the 70's
Melbourne - Magnet Galleries
Doc Neeson, The Angels © Mark Hopper
Robyn Beeche Retrospective
Melbourne:
Peter Elliston - Southern Shores
This series shot in 1993 on the South Coast of England by Peter Elliston is the first exhibition in 2016 for Fitzroy's Colour Factory Gallery. It's a quirky collection of black and white images that echo the 1970s more than the 1990s.
Exhibitions:
Living in the 70's
Melbourne - Magnet Galleries
Shirley Strachan Skyhooks © John Casamento
This group show features an eclectic selection of photographs of Melbourne during the 1970s. Michael Silver, the co-founder of Magnet, reports that crowds have been flowing through. "It's like the NGV," he says. The show has been so popular that it's been extended until 20th February.
Black land rights demonstration Bourke Street 1978 © Colin Abbott
Muhmmad Ali and Bert Newton at the Logies 1979 © Bruce Postle
This group show features an eclectic selection of photographs of Melbourne during the 1970s. Michael Silver, the co-founder of Magnet, reports that crowds have been flowing through. "It's like the NGV," he says. The show has been so popular that it's been extended until 20th February.
Black land rights demonstration Bourke Street 1978 © Colin Abbott
Muhmmad Ali and Bert Newton at the Logies 1979 © Bruce Postle
Doc Neeson, The Angels © Mark Hopper
Red Rattler Jolimont Station © Bob Wilson
St Kilda Fair 1973 © Glen O'Malley
Bob Hawke fields for Gough Whitlam Richmond 1977
In Conversation at Magnet
On Thursday 18th February Magnet is hosting an In Conversation with legendary Australian architecture photographer John Gollings, pictured below, and Dr. Rory Hyde curator of contemporary Architecture and urbanism at the V&A in London. Gollings was made a Member of the Order of Australia in this year's Australia Day honours. Check out the website for details.
Sydney:
Black Eye Gallery, Darlinghurst
"London gave me the freedom to go ballistic," said Robyn Beeche, the Australian photographer who was considered the "Andy Warhol of London'" and a central figure in that city's counter-culture during the seventies and eighties.
Beeche's studio in Thurloe Square, opposite the Victoria and Albert Museum, was a magnet for creative souls. Drag queen and cult movie star Divine was a close friend, as was designer Zandra Rhodes and founder of the Alternative Miss World Pageant, artist Andrew Logan.
Steve Strange, lead singer of Visage and owner of the New Romantics nightclub Blitz, regularly worked with Beeche on new concepts.
Her collaborations with make-up artists Richard Sharah, Phyllis Cohen and Richard Sharples, where models' faces and bodies were used as an artist's canvas, resulted in some of the most groundbreaking trompe-l'loeil photography of the pre-digital era…" to read the rest of Alison Stieven-Taylor's feature on Robyn Beeche in the Australian Financial Review Weekend click the link.
Beeche's studio in Thurloe Square, opposite the Victoria and Albert Museum, was a magnet for creative souls. Drag queen and cult movie star Divine was a close friend, as was designer Zandra Rhodes and founder of the Alternative Miss World Pageant, artist Andrew Logan.
Steve Strange, lead singer of Visage and owner of the New Romantics nightclub Blitz, regularly worked with Beeche on new concepts.
Her collaborations with make-up artists Richard Sharah, Phyllis Cohen and Richard Sharples, where models' faces and bodies were used as an artist's canvas, resulted in some of the most groundbreaking trompe-l'loeil photography of the pre-digital era…" to read the rest of Alison Stieven-Taylor's feature on Robyn Beeche in the Australian Financial Review Weekend click the link.
Above: Beeche also documented the Holi festival in India for 30 years.
Read the story for more details.
Peter Elliston - Southern Shores
This series shot in 1993 on the South Coast of England by Peter Elliston is the first exhibition in 2016 for Fitzroy's Colour Factory Gallery. It's a quirky collection of black and white images that echo the 1970s more than the 1990s.
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