News & Exhibitions 2010 News

Up Close traces the significant legacy of Australian photographer Carol Jerrems [1949-1980], and situates her work alongside that of other photo-based artists from the 1970s and 1980s Larry Clark and Nan Goldin from New York, and William Yang from Sydney. Sharing an interest in sub-cultural...
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A survey of Australian documentary photography from the 1950s to the 1970s, Candid Camera comprises more than eighty photographs by renowned Australian photographers, including Max Dupain, David Moore, Jeff Carter, Robert McFarlane, Mervyn Bishop, Rennie Ellis, Carol Jerrems and Roger Scott.

From crooked police, politicians and judges, through to the shysters, hucksters and thugs who ran Sydney's sub terrain, few cities have experienced such overt corruption as Sydney during the 20th century. Organised crime held a grip on the city and corruption was rife, infiltrating the top levels...
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The Library is in the process of purchasing a substantial part of the Rennie Ellis Collection, an extraordinary visual record of Australia's social history and popular culture in the last decades of the 20th century. This acquisition will ensure that this unique resource is preserved for the...
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We are pleased to announce that Mossgreen Gallery is our new Victorian Representative. Mossgreen Gallery is located at 310 Toorak Road near the corner of Chapel Street in the hub of Melbourne's South Yarra retail and lifestyle zone. The gallery directors Paul Sumner and Amanda...
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The Middle Park Hotel boutique accommodation is nearing completion as the final touches are being put into the unique 25 room hotel designed by architects Six Degrees. We are delighted to announce that photographs by Rennie Ellis have been selected to feature on the walls of these luxurious and...
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