John Gollings Artist Room
Presented by National Gallery of Victoria
DETAILS
Free, no booking required
Level 2
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Russell Street, Melbourne VIC, Australia
DATES
Thu 14 May 10am – 5pm
Fri 15 May 10am – 5pm
Sat 16 May 10am – 5pm
Sun 17 May 10am – 5pm
Mon 18 May 10am – 5pm
Tue 19 May 10am – 5pm
Wed 20 May 10am – 5pm
Thu 21 May 10am – 5pm
Fri 22 May 10am – 5pm
Sat 23 May 10am – 5pm
Sun 24 May 10am – 5pm
John Gollings has been a leading Australian photographer for over fifty years. This collection of his architectural photography bridges modernism and the present day, celebrating Australian architecture through a surreal lens. This approach is exemplified in one of his most iconic photographs, Kay Street Housing by Edmond and Corrigan, which captures the optimism and energy of Melbourne/Naarm’s postmodern architecture movement. Shot at night with double exposures and awash with flash, Gollings imbues the suburban setting with a mythic quality through the addition of bounding kangaroos.
Across the display, Gollings’s images are characterised by strong formal composition, moments of drama and exaggeration, and an ongoing experimentation with emerging technologies that pushes the possibilities of each image.
The display is part of NGV’s Artist Room series, which invites audiences to take a closer look at individual artists.