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Essay / review: ‘In camera and in public’ at the Centre for Contemporary...
Exhibition dates: 16th September – 23rd October 2011 The Melbourne Festival Curator Naomi Cass Artists ASIO de-classified photos and footage, Denis Beaubois (France/Australia), Luc Delahaye (France),...
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Opening: ‘Movement and Emotion’ and ‘Jodie Noble Solo’ exhibitions at Arts...
Exhibition dates: 20th October – 26th November 2011 Curator of Movement and Emotion: Paul Hodges Artists: Steven Ajzenberg, Patrick Francis, Brigid Hanrahan, Paul Hodges, Chris Mason, Cameron Noble,...
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Essay: ‘Now you see it, now you don’t: the history and conservation of The...
. . In response to the polemic article “Brushed aside: artistic landmark must return to 1980s glory” by Hannah Mathews in The Age newspaper on November 17th, 2011 I feel compelled to offer a more...
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text by Peter Roebuck
. “We are, indeed, shadows passing across the mouth of a cave.” “If perspective insists that our daily lives are not important, then it is a fool” . What a great piece of writing by Peter Roebuck. Such...
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melbourne’s magnificent nine 2011
. Here’s my pick of the nine best exhibitions in Melbourne (with excursions to Bendigo and Hobart thrown in) that appeared on the Art Blart blog in 2011. Enjoy! Marcus . . 1/ Sidney Nolan: Drought...
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International Conference: ‘Travel Ideals: Engaging with spaces of mobility’...
Conference dates: 18th July – 20th July 2012 . I am presenting an academic paper Traversing the unknown at the international conference Travel Ideals: Engaging with spaces of mobility this Wednesday...
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Paper: ‘Traversing the unknown’ by Dr Marcus Bunyan, Faculty of Arts, the...
International conference: Travel Ideals: Engaging with Spaces of Mobility, Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, 18th – 20th July 2012 . Note: The cabinet cards or cartes de visite that you...
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Public talk: ‘What makes a great photograph?’ at the Centre for Contemporary...
Wednesday 5 December 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm . Entry by gold coin donation Bookings not required Join CCP to reflect on the inscrutable and relevant question: What makes a great photograph? As part of the...
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Text: ‘Orality, (n)framing and enactment in the art of Jacqui Stockdale’ in...
. “What does it mean, to rediscover an unknown continent through the medium of photography in the 21st century? The seven artists that appear in this “Unfound in Australia” issue are well versed in the...
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Video: ‘Marcus Bunyan – what makes a great photograph?’ at the Centre for...
Event date: Wednesday 5th December 2012 . I’m a bit disappointed with the video, but it was done for free for the CCP. It doesn’t show the 12 images that I used to illustrate the talk, you can see me...
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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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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: ‘Melbourne Now’ at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne,...
Exhibition dates: 22nd November 2013 – 23rd March 2014 . This is the first of a two-part posting on the huge Melbourne Now exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. The photographs in...
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Exhibition: ‘Melbourne Now’ at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne,...
Exhibition dates: 22nd November – 23rd March 2014 . This is the second of a two-part posting on the huge Melbourne Now exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. The photographs in this...
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Melbourne’s magnificent nine 2013
. Here’s my pick of the nine best local exhibitions which featured on the Art Blart blog in 2013 (plus a favourite of the year from Hobart). Enjoy! Marcus . 1/ Review: Terraria by Darron Davies at...
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Research at the State Library of Victoria
Date: 23rd January 2014 . Research experience on the Charles Marville photographs at the State Library of Victoria . I don’t usually get upset but this is an exception, and rightly so. They say that...
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Research at the State Library of Victoria update
Date: 30th January 2014 . research experience on the charles marville photographs at the state library of victoria update . Dear readers Yah – a lovely response from the State Library of Victoria !! I...
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Text / review: ‘A Vocabulary of Printing and the Syntax of the Image’ from...
Exhibition dates: 11th April – 3rd May 2014 Artists: Jane Brown, Ponch Hawkes, Siri Hayes, Ruth Maddison, Lloyd Stubber, David Tatnall, Claudia Terstappen Curated By Linsey Gosper A Vocabulary of...
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Text / exhibition: ‘Australian vernacular photography’ at the Art Gallery of...
Exhibition dates: 8th February – 18th May 2014 Australian vernacular photography. Such a large subject. Such a small exhibition. With only 27 photographs from various artists (18 of which are shown...
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Exhibition: ‘Transmissions: Archiving HIV/AIDS – Melbourne 1979 – 2014′ at...
Exhibition dates: 14th July – 25th July 214 Artists include: Marcus Bunyan, Juan Davila, Andrew Foster, Brent Harris, Mathew Jones, Peter Lyssiotis, Lex Middleton, Andi Nellssun, Marcus O’Donnell,...
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