We have pleasure in releasing a conversation with sculptor Jan King In this interview, Jan discusses her life and work in both Sydney and in Europe
We have pleasure in announcing our new project, the Central Street Archive, an archive of documents related to ground breaking Central Street Gallery in Sydney between 1966 and 1969.
"In a nutshell, Central Street Gallery was Tony McGillick's idea, financed by White and Noritis. McGillick encouraged the return to Sydney of a group of Australian artists with whom he had been living in London's Ladbroke Grove. The result was a potent, contemporary injection of what curator Rhonda Davis calls "American style and London attitude".
Now the site of an amusement centre (in the city's cinema area), the gallery was located on the first floor of a warehouse in a lane between George and Pitt streets. It was the first white cube space in a time when Sydney's commercial galleries were furnished to the point of ornaments.
It is important to realise that the National Gallery of Victoria's celebrated opening exhibition of 1968, The Field ... featured a good number of Central Street artists. Indeed, in his essay, curatorial adviser Christopher Dean states that The Field "emerged directly" from "the Central Street experiment".
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 8, 2003
"In a nutshell, Central Street Gallery was Tony McGillick's idea, financed by White and Noritis. McGillick encouraged the return to Sydney of a group of Australian artists with whom he had been living in London's Ladbroke Grove. The result was a potent, contemporary injection of what curator Rhonda Davis calls "American style and London attitude".
Now the site of an amusement centre (in the city's cinema area), the gallery was located on the first floor of a warehouse in a lane between George and Pitt streets. It was the first white cube space in a time when Sydney's commercial galleries were furnished to the point of ornaments.
It is important to realise that the National Gallery of Victoria's celebrated opening exhibition of 1968, The Field ... featured a good number of Central Street artists. Indeed, in his essay, curatorial adviser Christopher Dean states that The Field "emerged directly" from "the Central Street experiment".
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 8, 2003
We have pleasure in releasing a conversation with sculptor Ken Unsworth In this interview, Ken discusses his life and work in both Sydney and in Europe
Something most people might not realise, the Cultural Conversations published recordings are cross referenced with the names of people, places, organisations and exhibitions mentioned.
The image shows the start of the topics page for the conversation with Elizabeth Cummings, listing the peoples' names mentioned. Why not take your time and explore this rich map of linkages by clicking on the button below!
The image shows the start of the topics page for the conversation with Elizabeth Cummings, listing the peoples' names mentioned. Why not take your time and explore this rich map of linkages by clicking on the button below!
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