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Mervyn Bishop – A retrospective of Press Photography 1960-90
The Australian Centre for Photography organised a major survey of the press photography by Mervyn Bishop. The exhibition consisted of 60 black and white prints from Mervyn’s vast body of work as press photographer at the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, as well as unpublished work. The exhibition brought to light an important collection of documentary…
Boat Paintings
This collection of small scale boat paintings by Theo Koning, a major Western Australian contemporary artist, were all painted at the Fremantle docks during 1989 and 1990. The works captured the changing mood of the waterside, focusing primarily on the moored boats, tug boats and the docks. Some were extremely vibrant, while others were quite…