Thomas Demand, National Gallery of Victoria, 30 November 2012 to 17 March 2013 Representations of representations. Photos of sculptures. Thomas Demand produces incredible images, beautifully presented as prints on perspex. Famously, he makes models of objects, of entire scenes in fact, out of cardboard and paper and then photographs them. The skill in the making, … Continue reading
Jeff Wall National Gallery of Victoria, 30 November 2012 to 17 March 2013 Exposure. The very nature of photography is defined by it – the opening of apertures to regulate the amount of exposure to light. Jeff Wall’s photographs are testaments to exposure. It’s a pleasing partnership between medium and meaning. Running like a thread … Continue reading
Eugene von Guérard, Nature revealed Ian Potter Gallery, NGV, Federations Square, Melbourne, 16 April – 7 August, 2011 Nature revealed is an extensive record of von Guérard’s art that takes a good couple of hours to digest. By the time I’d worked my way through the exhibition I was at once overawed by his prolific … Continue reading
