Bondi Pavilion, December 1989
Cambelltown and Orange Regional Art Galleries, 1990
On the Beach, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria 11 December 2015 – 28 February 2016
(Art Blart Review)
This series challenges some of the dominant representations of the beach through a series of photographic portraits taken against a painted backdrop of Bondi and explores the cultural stereotypes that usually define its visual history and parody these in an ironic and critical manner.
This work was produced during a six month residency at the Bondi Pavilion Community Centre in 1989 . Works were acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales for the exhibition Twenty Australian Photographers at the National Gallery of Victoria, 1990 and a substantial number were later included in a major exhibition The Beach at the Museum of Heide in 1994.
Essay by Martyn Jolly
The Bathers, 1989
The Sunbather #2, 1989
The Beach Inspectors, 1989
The Migrant Women, 1989
The Surfers, 1989
The Council Workers, 1989
The Lifesavers, 1989
Sunbather No.1, 1989
The Tourists, 1989
The Eisbergs
The Boys
Lifesaver
The Gang
The Family
The Girl
The Girls
The Grommets
