Bill Henson, Untitled 1987/88
The 'Untitled 1987/88' series were all taken in New York and Los Angeles, exposing through Henson's interpretation, the night-life and/or low-life of each city. Powerful night images of Los Angeles' expansive lights, the neon flashing lights of girlie bars and Eros cinemas, prostitutes, Time Square and generally figures caught unknowingly exposing their vulnerability to Henson's eye.
It is interesting to note that the cut-screens are not torn but are cut. As Isobel Crombie notes 'This implies consideration and precision rather than the rhetorical flourish of a rip. To emphasise the absence of capriousness in this act, it is only necessary to look at the careful eye for composition and different cutting techniques in these works. Although this cut paper creates a potential chaos, there ... more >
This work is included in our current exhibition Summer 2011 which is viewable online.
Works currently available in our stockroom from the following artists: Del Kathryn Barton, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Patricia Piccinini, Hossein Valamanesh, Bronwyn Oliver, Tony Clark, Rosalie Gascoigne, Bill Henson, Ben Quilty, Shaun Gladwell, among others.
