Overview
Foreword
Artists
Essays-
In Her Words: The Power of Women’s Self-Representation and Storytelling
Dr Athena Bellas
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Through Her Lens: Women in the Horsham Regional Art Gallery Collection
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In Her Words: The Power of Women’s Self-Representation and Storytelling
Dr Athena Bellas -
Through Her Lens: Women in the Horsham Regional Art Gallery Collection
Artists: Ponch Hawkes Cherine Fahd Clare Rae Polixeni Papapetrou Anne Ferran Julie Rrap Jill Orr Kawita Vatanajyankur Hoda Afshar Kirsten Lyttle Honey Long and Prue Stent Sandy Edwards Janina Green Pat Brassington Tracey Moffatt Linsey Gosper Deborah Paauwe Fiona Foley Joyce Evans Karla Dickens Polly Borland Simone Slee Zoë Croggon Eliza Hutchison Carol Jerrems Leah King Smith
In Her Words is a photographic exhibition focusing on women behind and in front of the camera. Recognizing the significance of feminist photography held by the Horsham Regional Art Gallery, guest curator Olivia Poloni was invited to draw works from the collection alongside key figures in contemporary Australian photographic practice.
In this exhibition we hear from women who are bold in the telling of their flaws, uncertainties and strengths; aiming to get to the core of the female experience, rights and challenges. Through these images the photographers make bold statements about the societies in which they live and work. Key themes include migration, queer culture, Aboriginal life, youth and childhood, the body, domesticity, place, identity and female repressions and expression.
In the wake of recent movements such as #metoo, In Her Words celebrates artists who are in control of their own story; whether they are speaking their own truth or re-enacting the accounts of others.
Learning Guides
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Jill Orr Southern Cross – to bear and behold – missionary 3 2007
inkjet print on crane silver rag paper
94 x 160cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund with assistance from the Robert Salzer Foundation, 2010. Image courtesy of the artist.
© the artist -
Cherine Fahd Hidden Mother 1 2010 - 2019
From the series 'Visible Mothers', 2010-2019
archival pigment print
50 x 50cm
courtesy of the artist
© the artist. -
Cherine Fahd Hidden Mother 6 2010 - 2019
From the series 'Visible Mothers', 2010-2019
archival pigment print
50 x 50cm
courtesy of the artist
© the artist. -
Linsey Gosper S/HE 2019
C-type print
72 x 110 (each - diptych)
Image courtesy the artist
© the artist -
Julie Rrap Artist Dreaming 2015
(Anne Ferran from a series of 30)
multi-channel HD video (still)
dimensions variable
courtesy of the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney and Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
© the artist -
Julie Rrap Artist Dreaming 2015
(Lindy Lee from a series of 30)
multi-channel HD video (still)
dimensions variable
courtesy of the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney and Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
© the artist -
Kirsten Lyttle Kōeaea Weave/Aramoana (White bait/Ocean pathways) 2012
hand woven archival inkjet prints
74 x 96cm
Courtesy of the artist. © the artist -
Carol Jerrems Vale Street 1975
silver gelatin print
41 x 51cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 1976. Image courtesy of the artist’s estate.
© Ken and Lance Jerrems -
Leah King Smith Untitled 1991
from the series 'Patterns of Connection'
C-type photograph
105 x 100cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund with assistance from the Victorian Regional Galleries Art Foundation Trust Fund, 1992. Image courtesy of the artist.
© the artist -
Janina Green Untitled 1992
from the series 'Vacuum'
computer generated photographic image
81 x 79cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 1995. Image courtesy the artist and M33, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Sandy Edwards Marina meets Horizon 1988-95
from the series 'Paradise is a Place'
silver gelatin print
31 x 41cm.
HRAG collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, with assistance from the Victorian Public Galleries Foundation, 1998.
© the artist -
Joyce Evans The Ascent 1993
silver gelatin print
186 x 89cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 1999.
© the artist -
Deborah Paauwe Falling Awake 2006
C-type photograph
75 x 75cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 2007. Image courtesy of the artist and Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin.
© the artist -
Ponch Hawkes Grace 2006
C-type photograph
51 x 34cm.
HRAG Collection, gift of the Julie Millowick Acquistive Award, 2007. Image courtesy the artist.
© the artist -
Pat Brassington The Wedding Guest 2005
pigment print on paper
86 x 65cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 2008. Image courtesy of the artist and ARC ONE, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Fiona Foley Nulla 4 eva V 2009
ultrachrome print on Hanemühle paper
80 x 120cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 2009. Image courtesy of the artist and Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane.
© the artist -
Pat Brassington Untitled lll 2002
inkjet print on paper
37 x 25cm.
HRAG Collection, donated by the Bardas Family in memory of Sandra Bardas, 2011.
© the artist -
Polixeni Papapetrou Cu(l)t 2001
inkjet print on paper
28 x 27cm.
HRAG Collection, donated by the Bardas Family in memory of Sandra Bardas, 2011.
© the artist’s estate -
Polixeni Papapetrou Animalesque 2001
inkjet print on paper
35 x 28cm.
HRAG Collection, donated by the Bardas Family in memory of Sandra Bardas, 2011.
© the artist’s estate -
Tracey Moffatt Self Portrait 1999
hand coloured photograph
34 x 22cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund with the assistance of the Robert Salzer Foundation 2012. Image courtesy the artist.
© the artist -
Simone Slee How Long (Mongkok) 2008-14 (ongoing)
from the series 'How Long'
giclee print on archival paper
86 x 58cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 2013. Image courtesy of the
artist and Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Simone Slee How Long (Quantong) 2008-14 (ongoing)
from the series 'How Long'
giclee print on archival paper
86 x 58cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 2013. Image courtesy of the
artist and Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Simone Slee How Long (Frankfurt railway station) 2008-14 (ongoing)
from the series 'How Long'
giclee print on archival paper
86 x 58cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 2013. Image courtesy of the
artist and Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Eliza Hutchison Heart of Glass, Prince Alfred 2012
from the series 'Hair in the Gate'
lightjet print
40 x 60cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 2014. Image courtesy of the artist.
© the artist -
Polly Borland Untitled XV 2010
from the series 'Smudge'
C-type print
76 x 65cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund with Assistance from Robert Salzer Foundation, 2014. Image courtesy the artist and Murray White Room, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Anne Ferran Scene I & II (diptych) 1986
from the series 'Scenes on the Death of Nature'
silver gelatin print
125 x 311cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, with assistance from the Nance Kroker Bequest, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Zoë Croggon Untitled #6 2012
C-type print
65 x 45cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist and Daine Singer, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Zoë Croggon Untitled #3 2012
C-type print
65 x 47cm.
HRAG Collection, purchased through the HRAG Trust Fund, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist and Daine Singer, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Anne Ferran White Against Red 4 2018
digital print on canvas
250 x 150cm.
Image courtesy of the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.
© the artist -
Hoda Afshar Portrait #6 2016
from the series 'In the exodus, I love you more', 2014 – ongoing
archival pigment print
112 x 91cm.
Image courtesy of the artist.
© the artist -
Polixeni Papapetrou I am a camera 2018
from the series 'My heart – still full of her'
silkscreen photograph on silver foil on Belgian linen
100 x 100cm.
Image courtesy of Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin and the artist’s estate. © the artist’s estate -
Karla Dickens Exposed III 2016
inkjet print
30 x 22cm
Image courtesy of the artist and Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane.
© the artist -
Kawita Vatanajyankur Shuttle 2018
from the series 'Performing Textiles'
HD video (still), 3:27 min.
Image courtesy of the artist, Nova Contemporary, Clear Gallery Tokyo and Antidote Organisation. Commissioned by Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
© the artist -
Clare Rae Light Weight #2 2011
lightbox
150 x 100 x 18 cm
Image courtesy of the artist. © the artist -
Honey Long and Prue Stent Salt Pool 2018
archival pigment print
106 x 157 cm
Courtesy the HRAG Collection, purchased the HRAG Trust Fund, with assistance from the Nance Kroker Bequest, 2018.
Image courtesy of the artist and ARC ONE, Melbourne.
© the artists
