Amid history 2 (Large version)
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All rights reserved
David Thomas 2006 Australia
enamel paint on type C photograph on aluminium and plastic
100.0 x 145.0 cm
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artist, 2007
© David Thomas
Looking at Looking - The Photographic Gaze
NGV International
Friday 30 September 2011 to Sunday 04 March 2012
The act of photographing people involves a process of observation, scrutiny and looking. At times photographers remain detached and anonymous. Other times they are complicit, directing their subjects and encouraging specific actions and poses. Sometimes the gaze is returned, and sometimes it is denied.
The power of the gaze can create complex relationships between the subject, the photographer and the audience.
From people observed in a crowd, to surveillance photographs from war zones, and images that ‘split’ our gaze, the exhibition will present the work of a range of photographers who have explored ideas of looking. It includes international and Australian photographs drawn from the NGV Collection, and features works by Brook Andrew, Chi Peng, Anne Ferran, Ashley Gilbertson, Charles Green and Lyndell Brown, Bill Henson, John Immig, Thomas Struth, and David Thomas.
Consubstantiality
© All rights reserved Chi Peng 2004 Australia
type C photograph 87.5 x 116.7 cm (image); 97.2 x 126.8 cm (sheet) ed. 2/10 Purchased with the assistance of the NGV Foundation, 2004 © Chi Peng, courtesy of Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
© All rights reserved Chi Peng 2004 Australia
type C photograph 87.5 x 116.7 cm (image); 97.2 x 126.8 cm (sheet) ed. 2/10 Purchased with the assistance of the NGV Foundation, 2004 © Chi Peng, courtesy of Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
