Review: ‘WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture’ at NGV Australia, Federation...
Exhibition dates: 25th March – 21st August 2022 Entrance of the exhibition WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture at NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne Photo: Marcus Bunyan The black and...
View ArticleText: “Bench Press” chapter from Marcus Bunyan’s PhD research ‘Pressing the...
November 2022 Eugen Sandow (German, 1867-1925) Instructions for the use of Sandow’s spring grip dumb-bells (detail) Between 1900 and 1909 (23 pages): illustrations; 18 cm National Library of...
View ArticleText: ‘Golden splendour: privilege, ceremony and racism in 1920s-1930s...
January 2023 Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers should be aware that this posting contains images and names of people who may have since passed away. W Lister Lister (27 Dec...
View ArticleText: “In Press” chapter from Marcus Bunyan’s PhD research ‘Pressing the...
March 2023 Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971) Seated man in a bra and stockings, N.Y.C. 1967 Gelatin silver print Since the demise of my old website, my PhD research Pressing the Flesh: Sex,...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Joyce Evans’ at the National Library of Australia, Canberra
Exhibition dates: 4th April – 5th November 2023 Curators: Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll and Shelly McGuire Joyce Evans (Australian, 1929-2019) Students Protesting during a May Day March on Flinders...
View ArticleText: “Re-Pressentation” chapter from Marcus Bunyan’s PhD research ‘Pressing...
November 2023 Marcus Bunyan (Australian born England, b. 1958) “My Body (But I Do Not Own It) – Not the Governments Nor the Churches.” Self portrait as gay skinhead 1992 Silver gelatin photograph...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘1,001 Remarkable Objects’ at Powerhouse Ultimo, Sydney
Exhibition dates: 26th August – 31st December 2023 Curatorium: Leo Schofield AM (curatorium chair), Ronan Sulich (advisor), Mark Sutcliffe (advisor) and Eva Czernis-Ryl (Powerhouse) Assistant curator:...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line’ at the Art Gallery of New...
Exhibition dates: 2nd September 2023 – 21st January 2024 Hoda Afshar (Iran, Australia, b. 1983) Portrait #3 2014 From the series In the exodus, I love you more 2014 – ongoing Pigment photographic...
View ArticlePhotographs: Frederick Oswald Barnett (Australian, 1883-1972)
February 2024 F. Oswald Barnett (Australian, 1883-1972) Interior, children’s bedroom c. 1935 Gelatin silver print 9.7 x 7.4cm F. Oswald Barnett Collection State Library of Victoria Public domain...
View ArticleText: “Historical Pressings” chapter from Marcus Bunyan’s PhD research...
November 2022 Warning: this text contains images of male nudity Hippolyte Bayard (French, 1801-1887) Self portrait as a drowned man 18 October 1840 Direct positive print Public domain Since the...
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