CATALOGUE
Re-constructed Vision : Contemporary work with photography 25th July-23rd August, 1981
Gael Newton AM
This online version of catalogue of the 56 works has been reformatted with exhibition images inserted when they could be found online -
this was published with the essay by Gael Newton.
Please note that dates and information on the artists is as published in 1981
That is: there has been no updating of CVs and Bios – so the information below about the artists is as published in 1981.
An additional 2022 web-link has been added if an appropriate one could be identified.
These notes from the original catalogue
Due to limitations of space biographical information on the artists is minimal. Further details are available on request Extensive biographies on Micky Allan, Mike Brown, Fiona Hall, Marion Hardman, Douglas Holleley, Bill Henson (referred to in text), Bea Maddock, Robert Owen, Kevin Mortenson, Mike Parr and Sally Robinson are included in the Australian Perspecta 1981 exhibition catalogue published by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1981. Technical details of the various photographic processes included in the exhibition may be found in reference works such as Arnold Gassan's Handbook for Contemporary Photography (3rd ed.) 1974, Light Impressions, Rochester New York.
The term silver gelatin refers to standard black and white photographs. Dimensions of the image area are given in centimetres, height precedes width. Dates of photographs indicate the year of the negative rather than the specific print, except in cases of collages combining existing negatives or prints, which are dated for the year of making of the work.
Micky Allan
Born Melbourne, Victoria, 1944. Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne 1967. Diploma of Painting, National Gallery Art School, Melbourne 1968. Currently teaching photography at the South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia.
# 1 Twenty-Past Three. 1978 Silver gelatin photographs, 8 of a series of 13 on a school for the disabled in Victoria, (remaining 5 images Philip Morris Collection, Philip Morris Ltd. Melbourne), hand coloured with watercolour and gouache, 28.5 x 36.0 cm each. Courtesy of Ian Gunn, Sydney.
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Robert Ashton
Born Melbourne, Victoria, 1950. Prahran College of Technology 1968-71. Working as a freelance photographer in Melbourne since 1974.
# 2 The Intruder Series Numbers 1-4.1979. Four Silver gelatin photographs, 20.3 x 25.0 cm each.Courtesy of Church Street Photographic Centre, Melbourne.
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Jamie Bradbeer
Born Dunedin, New Zealand, 1948. Master of Education, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 1967.
Self-taught in photography and works as a teacher in Melbourne.
#3 Series, Wife's Back, Child, Self 1980 and Father 1980. Four silver gelatin photographs, double development process developed by the photographer, similar to solarisation, 25.5 x 20.4 cm each. Courtesy of Church Street Photographic Centre, Melbourne.
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Kate Breakey
Born Adelaide, South Australia, 1957. Diploma in Graphic Design, 1978, currently final year printmaking and photography, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide.
#4 Joanna's Parents Dining Room, Washington Street 1981; Composite of two silver gelatin photographs, hand coloured with watercolour, oil paint, 19.8x23.1 cm image irregular.
#5 Paul and Anna's Kitchen. 198;1 Composite of six silver gelatin photographs, hand coloured with water colour, oil and pastel, 23.2 x 47.3 cm, image irregular.
#6 Accommodation Hill, Truro to Blanchetown Road. 1981; Composite of three silver gelatin photographs, hand coloured with oil paint and pastel, 13.5 x 53.6 cm, image irregular.
Courtesy of Developed Image Gallery, Adelaide.
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Warren Breninger
Born Melbourne, Victoria, 1948. Melbourne Teachers' College 1968—71, Caulfield Institute of Technology, 1975. Works as a secondary school teacher in Melbourne. Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
#7 Expulsion of Eve Series; 1978-79
No 20; silver gelatin photograph, incised outlines, hand-worked with colour pigment and pencil, parts of image torn away.
No 27; silver gelatin photograph, incised outlines, hand-worked with colour pigment, gold paint and pencil.
No 29; silver gelatin photograph, part of image cut away, hand-worked with colour pigment and pencil. All works 49.0 x 36.8 cm.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Cathy Brooks
Born Adelaide, South Australia, 1958. Bachelor of Art (Fine Art), South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, 1980. Lives in Adelaide.
#8 When You're Not at Work II. 1980
Arrangement of silver gelatin photographs, hand-worked with colour pigment and scratches, 27.4 x 38.8 cm.
#9 4 AM at a Standstill 1981
Collage of silver gelatin photographs, hand-coloured background with watercolour, 27.4 x 43.0 cm.
Courtesy Developed Image Gallery, Adelaide.
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Mike Brown
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1938. Diploma in Painting, National Art School, Sydney, 1958. Lives in Castlemaine, Victoria.
# 10 I LoveYou.1971-1972;
Photographic screen print in two colours, 56.0 x 44.0 cm.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Peter Charuk
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1951. Post-graduate Diploma in printmaking, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, 1980. Teaches photography at East Sydney Technical College, Sydney.
# 11 Visions of Childhood, 1980; Hand-bound album of 12 paired photo-etchings on six sheets of heavy paper, interleaved with 14 sheets of tissue paper, images 9.4 x 9.6 cm, album 26.0 x 34.2 cm.
Artist's proof copy of edition of five albums and artist's proof set of loose images.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Alan Cruickshank
Born Adelaide, South Australia, 1953. Self-taught in photography. Lives in Adelaide.
#12 Untitled (Golfer) 1981
#13 Untitled (Beach) 1981
Both silver gelatin photographs printed from negatives on infra-red film, 16.8x25.3 cm. Courtesy Developed Image Gallery, Adelaide.
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Ed Douglas
Born California, United States of America, 1943. Master of Fine Art, San Francisco State University, California, 1969. Arrived in Australia in 1973 and has been head of the department of photography, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, since 1977.
# 14 Inner/Outer Revelations Series;1981 Stone, Sand, Tree and Forest;
three Ektacolour photographs, using extended exposure and electronic flash, 24.5 x 31.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
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Fimo
Wayne Fimeri, born Adelaide, South Australia, 1958. Bachelor of Art (Fine Art), South Australian School of Art Adelaide, 1980. Lives in Adelaide.
#15 Man with Security Dog. 1980 46.0x18.2 cm.
#16 Dispatches. 1980 29.0 x 17.0 cm.
#17 Rip Torn. 1980 35.0x13.8 cm.
All works silver gelatin photographs, multiple printing. Courtesy Developed Image Gallery, Adelaide.
Christine Godden
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1947. Master of Fine Art (Photographic Studies), State University of New York, (Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester) New York, United States of America 1980. Director of the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney since 1978.
#18 Rochester, Self Portrait 1975, Collage of silver gelatin photographs, 44.6 x 58.2 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
#19 Don Gazzard's House, Roof with Pink Sky, John Delacour's, Picture from Sunset Series. 1980, Three C.Type colour photographs, point light source enlargements from miniature negatives (110mm) for maximum grain, selectively spotted, 28.0 x 37.2 cm each. Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Peggy Griffin
Born Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 1952. Master of Fine Art (photography), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1978. Visited Australia 1974-75, returned 1980. Teaches photography at the Bendigo College of Advanced Education, Victoria.
#20 The Sleeping Beauty 1981 Series of 26 photographs, various processes; silver gelatin positive and negative prints,
multiple exposure, cyanotype (non-siiVer) hand worked in charcoal, water colour and pastel. Six hand-written sheets of text on aquarelle paper, images 35.2 x 22.8, calligraphy sheets 66.0 x 50.8 cm. Selection of sheets on display. Courtesy of the artist.
Adrian Hall
Born Cornwall, United Kingdom, 1943. Master of Art Royal College of Art, London, 1967. Master of Fine Art, Yale University, Connecticut, United States of America, 1969. Arrived in Australia in 1979 and teaches in the sculpture department, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney sculptor.
#21 Sculptogram 1975, C.Type colour photograph of assembled objects, 50.8 x 76.2 cms.
Slide presentation of Arena, an installation and performance work, 1979. Courtesy of the artist
Fiona Hall
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1953. Diploma of Art, National Art School, Sydney, 1975. Currently artist-in-residence Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, Tasmania, and candidate for Master of Fine Art, (Photographic Studies) State University of New York (Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester) United States of America.
#22 Rochester 1979, two silver gelatin panorama photographs, contact prints from negatives
made with No. 1 Kodak Panoram camera c. 1900 112° angle of view, reverse views of same site, 10.4x33.1 cm each.
#23 The Microcosm and the Macrocosm. 1981; Type C. colour photograph composite two images of assembled objects, 33.6 x 21 cm.
#24 The Marriage of the Arnolfini-After Jan Van Eyck. 1980; Type C colour photograph,
composite of two images of assembled objects, 21.0 x 33.5 cm.
Courtesy of the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
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Marion Hardman
Born Hobart, Tasmania, 1951. Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, 1973. Teaches photography at the Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart.
#25 Bonnet Hill Series No. 68. 1974-81; Arrangement of nine silver gelatin photographs, 5.5 x 5.3 cm each.
Courtesy Macquarie Galleries, Sydney. Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Douglas Holleley
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1949. Bachelor of Arts, Macquarie University, Sydney. Master of Fine Art (Photographic Studies), State University of New York, (Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester), United States of America 1976. Returned to Australia 1979 and lives in Woodford, New South Wales.
#26 Untitled (Legs). 1977; Silver gelatin photograph, selectively toned during development, 21.3 x 31.8 cm.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
#27 Aboriginal Rock Carvings, Ewaninga 1979; Arrangement of four,8" x 10" Colour Polaroids, 24.0 x 19.0 cm each,
and twelve SX-70 colour Polaroids, 8.0 x 8.0 cm each. Courtesy private collection.
# 28 Bulrushes, Wilpena Pound 1979; Arrangement of four 8" x 10" colour Polaroids, 24.0 x 19.0 cm each. Courtesy of Polaroid Australia Ltd, Ryde, New South Wales.
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Ashley Holmes
Born England, United Kingdom, 1956. Final year Bachelor of Art (Fine Art), South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia, 1981.
#29 Tree Circumference. 1980; Collage of twelve silver gelatin photographs, 8.5 x 6.0 cm each.
Courtesy of the Developed Image Gallery, Adelaide.
Trevor Kenyon
Born Adelaide, South Australia, 1948. Associate Diploma in Photography, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, 1980.
Works as a photographer in Adelaide.
#30 Night Series No. 8.1980 Silver gelatin photograph, extended exposure without tripod, selenium sulphide toned, 30.4 x 45.0 cm.
#31 Multiple Image Series No. 6. 1981 Silver gelatin photograph, two exposures, selenium sulphide, toned, 38.0x37.6 cm
Courtesy of the Developed Image Gallery, Adelaide.
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Joan Lyons
Born New York City, New York, United States of America, 1937. Bachelor of Fine Art, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, 1957. Master of Fine Art, State University of New York (Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester), 1973. Since 1972 has taught printmaking at the Visual Studies Workshop.
#32 Prom. 1975; Portfolio of six offset colour lithographs,
(screenless weave of cloth in subject serves as screen) No. 4/23,58.8x43.8 each. Courtesy of Christine Godden, Sydney.
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Bea Maddock
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, 1934. Hobart Technical College 1952-56. Slade School of Art, London, United Kingdom, 1959—61.
Teaches printmaking at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Victoria. Printmaker.
#33 Caliper 1974; Etching and photo-etching from six assembled plates, on arches paper, 43.2 x 36.4 cm.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Kevin Mortensen
Born Melbourne, Victoria, 1939. Melbourne Teachers' College and Prahran Technical College 1962-6. Sculptor and performance artist.
#34 Camp Atavism. 1981 Documentation; six colour photographs (Suzanne Davies photographer) of performance at First Australian Sculpture Triennial, La Trobe University, Melbourne, March 1981, 20.3 x 25.5 cm Courtesy of the artist.
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Robert Owen
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1937. National Art School (Sculpture), Sydney 1958-62. Sculptor. Lives in Sydney.
#35 Full Circle. 1978 From 'Memory and Logic Units' series, silver gelatin and colour photographs and drawing, two series of exposures clockwise then anticlockwise around compass of 360° of an interior taken 9 months apart, 71.5 x 122.0 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
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Mike Parr
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1945. University of Queensland, Brisbane 1965—66. Extensive performance and installation work.
Lives in Sydney.
#36 Black Box/Theatre of Self Correction Part 1, Performance 1-6.1979; four of twenty three cibachrome colour photographs and ten silver gelatin photographs by John Delacour covering installation.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Kathryn Paul
Born Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, 1948. Master of Fine Art, Photography, Arizona State University, 1973.
Teaching positions at American Universities, visiting lecturer Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, Tasmania, 1980-81.
Returned to America to take up a teaching position 1981.
#37 Femglade Gully 2, Tasmania.1980 Panorama of four images printed by Van Dyke (silver-iron process)
on watercolour paper, 11.5 x 55.4 cm.
#38 Kitchen at 13/2 N. 13th Street. 1980; Panorama of five photographs printed by Van Dyke (silver-iron process)
on watercolour paper, 9.0 x 58.4 cm.
#39 Tesselated Pavements, Tasmania. 1980 Panorama of six photographs printed by Van Dyke (silver-iron process)
on watercolour paper, 11.8 x 55.4 cm.
Courtesy of Macquarie Galleries, Sydney.
Leonie Reisberg
Born Melbourne, Victoria, 1955. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1972—3, Prahran College of Advanced Education 1974—5, Master of Fine Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 1978. Lives in Adelaide and teaches photography part-time.
#40 Scotland. 1980; Collage of silver gelatin photographs, hand-coloured with watercolour, 40.6 x 50.7 cm.
#41 Untitled (Girl and Pool). 1980; Silver gelatin photograph, hand-coloured with watercolour, 34.8 x 35.4 cm.
#42 Daytime Magic/Nightime Mystery. 1981; Collage of Type C. colour photographs, 19.0 x 24.0 cm.
#43 Human Relations. 1981 Collage of Type C. colour photographs, 19.0 x 24.1 cm.
#44 Grand Canyon, Grand Visions. 1981 Collage of Type C. colour photographs, panorama, Im. 42.4 x 67.0 cm.
Nos. 40,42-44 Courtesy of the artist. No. 41 Courtesy of the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
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Sally Robinson
Born England, United Kingdom, 1952. Arrived in Australia 1960. National Art School, Sydney, New South Wales, 1970-73.
Lives in Sydney. Printmaker.
#45 Ayers Rock.1978; Screenprint triptych, no. 1 /25, three sheets 99.5 x 60.5 cm each.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Alberr Shomaly
Born Bethlehem, Palestine, 1950. National Gallery Art School, Melbourne, Victoria, 1968-71. Lives in Victoria. Printmaker.
#46 Forty-Eight Portraits. 1973 Full colour photo-offset lithograph, 76.0x101.6 cm.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Lynn Silverman
Born Syracuse, New York, United States of America, 1952. Arrived in Australia 1975. Taught photography at the Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, New South Wales, 1981. Currently Master of Fine Arts candidate, Indiana University, Indiana, United States of America.
#47 Site Investigations Series. 1979
Site 1, Outside Wilcannia, New South Wales.
Site 5, Lake Eyre, South Australia.
Both arrangements of silver gelatin photographs, upper single images 23.0 x 23.0 cm,
lower set of three adjoining images 7.8 x 23.0 cm each. Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Mark Strizic
Born Berlin, Germany, 1928. Arrived in Melbourne, Victoria, 1950. Since 1958 has worked as a commercial photographer in Melbourne.
Teaches photography at the Melbourne State College, Melbourne.
#48 Face 1976 Silver gelatin photogram, handworked with acrylic colour paint, 31.4x28.4 cm.
Courtesy Church Street Photographic Centre, Melbourne.
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Juliana Swatko
Born Syosset, New York State, United States of America, 1952. Master of Fine Art, (Photographic Studies), State University of New York, (Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester) United States of America 1976. Arrived in Australia 1979. Lives in Woodford, New South Wales.
#49 Self Portrait. 1978; Standard Haloid Xerox photograph, 22.8x34.4 cm. Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
# 50 Fantasys of the Flesh. 1978; Standard Haloid Xerox photograph,
multiple exposure and electrostatically introduced colour, 34.0 x 24.3 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
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Glenson Tealeaf
Born South Australia, date and place unknown. Self-taught. Currently resides in the Bush. First public showing.
Glenson Tealeaf uses a cheap and very dusty 35mm camera. He relies on a coating of dust on the lens for the image quality.
The same effect might be achieved by using vaseline on a lens filter". (Ed Douglas for Glenson Tealeaf in absentia).
# 51 Murrumbidgee River Journey.1980; three Ekta colour photographs, 14.0x21.0 cm. Courtesy of Ed Douglas, Adelaide.
2022 note: Glenson Tealeaf alter ego for Ed Douglas
Karen Turner
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1954. Bachelor of Art (Fine Art) South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, 1980. Lives in Sydney and works at the Australian Centre for Photography.
#52 Mary and Jose Home, Adelaide. 1977; Arrangement of silver gelatin transparencies
and coloured crochet thread edges, 57.5x66.5 cm.
#53 The Pick Up Waltz. 1981; Collage; black pen drawing on acetate sheet, three silver gelatin photographs,
(printed from acetate as a negative), colour photographs, hand worked with colour pencil, 25.5 x 94.0 cm.
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Les Walkling
Born Melbourne, Victoria, 1953. Monash University Melbourne, philosophy and science courses 1971-75. Self-taught in photography, working since 1975. Lives in Melbourne.
#54 Flypaper. 1980; Silver gelatin photography of assembled objects, selenium and gold toned 19.5 x 24.3 cm.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of the artist, 1981.
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John Wilkins
Born Warrnambool, Victoria, 1946. Institute of Advanced Education, Victoria, 1972—75.
Lives in Melbourne and works as a freelance photographer and film cameraman.
#55 Tree Sculpture. 1978. Silver gelatin photograph toned and hand coloured, 41.2 x 28.5 cm.
Courtesy of Church Street Photographic Centre, Melbourne.
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John F Williams
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1933. Trained as an engineer. Currently senior lecturer of the photography department, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney.
# 56 Sandra, Tom, Ariel, Rose (the cat), kittens — Newtown, December, 1979. Panorama composed of 28 silver gelatin photographs each 8.4 x 12.4 cm, shot from tripod 360° in four horizontal scans and seven vertical scans approx. 120°, overall image 33.5x 87.3 cm.
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Introduction to the 1981 Re-constructed Vision exhibition
1. essay >>> The 2022 online version of the 1981 Re-constructed Vision essay
2. catalogue >>> The 2022 online version of the 1981 Re-constructed Vision catalogue (this page)
3. Review by Max Dupain >>> the 1981 Review
more of Gael Newton's Essays and Articles
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