Pictures@the Exhibitions: July 10

Mervyn Bishop… Glace Noir by Kate Ballis… Orchaedia by Larnce Gold… Tanztee And Erbgericht by Andrea Grützner… Bare by Wren Steiner… NationalGeographic Photo Ark

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Sydney

Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hands of traditional land owner Vincent Lingiari, Northern Territory 1975. Printed 1999 type R3 photograph 30.5 x 30.5 cm image; 33.9 x 33.9 cm sheet. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Photo Mervyn Bishop/AGNSW

Mervyn Bishop
Art Gallery of NSW
An exhibition of Mervyn Bishop’s images are on display until October at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The exhibition will focus on indigenous affairs in Australia, and includes Bishop’s famous 1975 photo of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pouring red sand into the hands of Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari.

This photo was, in fact, a reshoot.

Bishop told the ABC the original photo, taken by activist Rob Wesley-Smith, was captured inside a shed with poor light conditions. After the official proceedings, Bishop asked Whitlam if he’d go outside, under the blue sky, to have a photo taken of Lingiari holding the deeds.

Launched during NAIDOC week, which celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture, exhibition curator Shari Lett says the photos are an important documentation of Aboriginal life in Australia.

‘You’ve got images of people in communities like Burnt Bridge, where Merv was looking at the living situations of people at that point in time … giving Australian people a sense of the kind of conditions that Aboriginal people were subject to living in.’

The exhibition includes many of Bishop’s iconic images, spontaneous shots that derive from his career as a press photographer, along with intimate moments with his family and friends – all drawn from the Gallery’s collection.
Open until October 8
Yiribana Gallery, Art Gallery Rd, The Domain

Thinker. Photo: Kate Ballis.

Glace Noir – Kate Ballis
Black Eye Gallery
Melbourne fine art photographer Kate Ballis’s Glace Noir depicts the Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina from varying angles, unearthing a series of ambiguous landscapes that play on light, tone, texture and scale. The photographs capture a serene stillness in time and space while simultaneously revealing a glacial underworld heaving with life force.

Glace Noir introduces dark, inky tones juxtaposed with puddles of celestial blues that exude an almost intergalactic aesthetic. Invoking a sense of ambiguity as to the time and place of each photo, the artist emphasis is on the notion of day as night and night as day, with interchangeable light that outlines mystery and intrigue in each depiction.
Open until July 16
3/138 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst

Photo: Larnce Gold.

Orchaedia – Larnce Gold
Sun Studios
In his first solo show, Australian Photographer Larnce Gold is exhibiting a new series of ethereal images at Sun Studios. Orchaedia, the 18 images are of moth orchids, and were inspired by the miracle of budding orchids, the resilience of the plants, and their ability to regenerate and inherent beauty. The exhibition aims to explore a combination of botanic abstractions and quiet meditations on the moth orchid.
Open until July 24
42 Maddox Street, Alexandria

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Melbourne

Photo: Andrea Grützner.

 Tanztee And Erbgericht – Andrea Grützner
Centre for Contemporary Photography
Germany artist Andrea Grützner presents two bodies of work, both related to a specific guesthouse in Saxony, a federal state within Germany.

Erbgericht centres around the architecture of a historic guesthouse – the cultural heart of its village. Within her images, interiors become projection screens for generations of memories and emotions that have occupied the spaces.

Tanztee is German for ‘tea dance’. In this series, women within the same guesthouse embrace and they dance on a Sunday afternoon. Affection beams out of this repetitive grid of patterns, limbs, fabric and jewellery.
Open until July 23
Gallery 2 & 3, 404 George Street, Fitzroy

Daniel. Photo: Wren Steiner.

Bare – Wren Steiner
The Fox Darkroom and Gallery
Australian Photographer Wren Steiner has launched Bare, a collection of work which offers an intimate & provocative photographic exploration into human vulnerability.

Consisting of a series of portraits and text, the collection is a window into the many faces of human vulnerability, while asking questions about the stories which define them. Bare challenges the viewer to go beyond the surface and connect with the deeper layers of ourselves and each other.

Wren hopes that Bare will invite all of its participants to redefine their association with this aspect of themselves and others. To not only see it as a universal human experience, but something which can be a beautiful thing – and that sharing it can be a fortifying experience which can help us connect with others and transcend the fear we so often associate with it.
Open July 13 – 23.
8 Elizabeth Street, Kensington (enter via laneway).

Melbourne Zoo
National Geographic Photo Ark
Melbourne Zoo is hosting the National Geographic Photo Ark, a photo exhibition using the power of photography to inspire people to save animals before it’s too late.
For many of Earth’s creatures time is running out. Species are disappearing at an alarming rate. The National Geographic Photo Ark is pursuing the ambitious goal of photographing every species in the world’s zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, to inspire action through education and help save wildlife by supporting on-the-ground conservation projects.

This multi-year effort with National Geographic photographer an fellow Joel Sartore will create intimate portraits of an estimated 12,000 species of birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. Once completed, the National Geographic Photo Ark will serve as an important record of these animals’ existence and a powerful testament to the importance of saving them.
Open until October. (Exhibition included with admission to Zoo)
Elliot Avenue, Parkville


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