Collection of digitally altered photographs from a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, accompanied by a discussion of the artist's work, a biography and a rebus by Ania Walwicz. Includes list of selected reading.
This exclusive, hand-numbered, limited edition volume showcases the breadth of Melbourne Now. Only 1500 copies will be available for sale. Featuring major essays and thematic texts written by influential curators and authors, this special volume explores the current overarching motifs intersecting through art, architecture, design and fashion practices in Melbourne. The academic texts are complemented by full colour plates of works by artists, designers and practitioners represented in the exhibition. Interspersed throughout the scholarly texts are contributions by prominent Melburnians on the city's culture and landscape - 'My Melbourne' according to Jon Faine, Sophie Cunningham, Andrew McConnell and many other personalities - each presented as individually designed 4-page booklets. In recognition of Melbourne's strong design community and talent, this stunning publication has been designed by a number of leading Melbourne graphic design firms in collaboration with the NGV, including Hofstede Design, Fabio Ongarato Design, Cato Brand Partners and Ortolan. Additionally, the Melbourne Now title font was designed by Niels Oeltjen for Letterbox, a typographic studio founded by Stephen Banham. Sumptuously illustrated, and unique in concept, this limited-edition volume is an outstanding overview of current Melbourne art and design practice, and a must-have for the culturally inclined. This publication has been generously supported by The Vizard Foundation.
The first book to celebrate the breadth and richness of the Australian photographs in the National Gallery of Victoria'a collection and, in so doing, also recognises the creative history of the medium.
Fred Kruger was one of the leading landscape photographers of the 19th century in Australia, working extensively throughout Victoria. Kruger migrated from Germany in 1860 and a few years later opened a photographic studio in Carlton, Melbourne before moving his thriving practice to Geelong.
Shades of Light traces the history of photography as an art in Australia from 1939 to the present. A selection of over 150 photographs show the range of suject matter and techniques favoured throughout the decades, from tiny daguerreotypes, Holtermann's panorama of Sydney in 1875, album photographs and early colour works, to the dynamic works of the 1980s. Gael Newton records the reaction in this country to the developments in photography around the world from its debut in Paris and London in 1839, and surveys the work of the finest Australian photographers." --Back cover.
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