Hi all
Lots of good photo shows happening in Sydney at the moment.
First off, started the morning with a glass of sparkling with the
streets eerily empty. Jessica Watson was coming into town after 210 days
by herself on a pink high-tech non-leaky boat, so Sydney was in big
event mode. Street closures, clearways, car towing
We ducked inside to see the Rennie Ellis/Wesley Stacey show. Hilarious
stuff. Not to get all nostalgic, Kings Cross has changed a lot in 40
years, so it's great 1970 was captured this way. Hippies actually look
pretty timeless in B&W.
http://www.hht.net.au/whats_on/exhibitions/exhibitions/up_the_cross_rennie_ellis_and_wesley_stacey
Then, after some aimless walking around the hills of Paddo (I got a bit
lost), we found the Roslyn Oxley9 gallery. You might know, a few years
ago there was a kerfuffle about Bill Henson's previous show, or more
specifically about one image used on the invitation to the show. Prints
were seized, radio talk show hosts were outraged, new prime minister
mouthed off, and laws were changed. But Bill just gets on with what he
does and does well. I can understand why he hates that sort of
controversy, he works are delicate and aren't the least attention
seeking. For some bizarre reason, the Sydney Morning Herald had Miranda
Devine write a commentary on the new show, expert that she is. She
completely misunderstands what he is about, and sneers that he has lost
his mojo. Hardly. I'm not going to link to the article, but it's online
if you care to look for it.
I knew I would love this show, as I have his others. Highly recommended
http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/18/Bill_Henson/1222/
After a longish lunchbreak, we went back down the hill to the Stills
Gallery. This one was a surprise. I hadn't heard of Roger Ballen, but
after his compassionate, if oddly third-person talk about his work, I
looked more closely. Definitely "dark side" stuff, challenging and
mesmerising.
http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/exhibitions/
Then, a relaxing closer. Blender Gallery is also the home of lomography
australia. So you could go there to amuse yourself with how much they
are charging for a Diana, but the little gallery has top class work. I
love this type of music photography - so intimate and "moment of time".
Very jealous of Wolff's access, but he has the chops.
http://www.blender.com.au/no-room-for-squares/#id=img&num=135
My own snaps along the way
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_05/10_05_galleryfrenzy/index.htm
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