Vivian Maier, New York City, September 10, 1955, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection, courtesy the Howard Greenberg Gallery.
Clare Rae, Untitled #5 from the series Light Weight 2011, lightbox, 100 x 150 x 18cm, courtesy the artist.
Cherine Fahd Camouflage (chroma inny) 2013, lambda print, 50.8cm x 37.4cm, courtesy the artist and Galerie Pompom, Sydney
David Wadelton Mayors Park, Clifton Hill, girls watching netball February1977, 23x35cm, archival inkjet print on paper, courtesy Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne.
Vivian Maier New York, NY, October 18, 1953, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection.
Vivian Maier, New York City, September 10, 1955, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection, courtesy the Howard Greenberg Gallery.
Clare Rae, Untitled #5 from the series Light Weight 2011, lightbox, 100 x 150 x 18cm, courtesy the artist.
Cherine Fahd Camouflage (chroma inny) 2013, lambda print, 50.8cm x 37.4cm, courtesy the artist and Galerie Pompom, Sydney
David Wadelton Mayors Park, Clifton Hill, girls watching netball February1977, 23x35cm, archival inkjet print on paper, courtesy Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne.
Vivian Maier New York, NY, October 18, 1953, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection.
Vivian Maier, New York City, September 10, 1955, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection, courtesy the Howard Greenberg Gallery.
Clare Rae, Untitled #5 from the series Light Weight 2011, lightbox, 100 x 150 x 18cm, courtesy the artist.
Cherine Fahd Camouflage (chroma inny) 2013, lambda print, 50.8cm x 37.4cm, courtesy the artist and Galerie Pompom, Sydney
David Wadelton Mayors Park, Clifton Hill, girls watching netball February1977, 23x35cm, archival inkjet print on paper, courtesy Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne.
Vivian Maier New York, NY, October 18, 1953, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection.
Vivian Maier, New York City, September 10, 1955, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection, courtesy the Howard Greenberg Gallery.
Clare Rae, Untitled #5 from the series Light Weight 2011, lightbox, 100 x 150 x 18cm, courtesy the artist.
Cherine Fahd Camouflage (chroma inny) 2013, lambda print, 50.8cm x 37.4cm, courtesy the artist and Galerie Pompom, Sydney
David Wadelton Mayors Park, Clifton Hill, girls watching netball February1977, 23x35cm, archival inkjet print on paper, courtesy Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne.
Vivian Maier New York, NY, October 18, 1953, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection.
Vivian Maier, New York City, September 10, 1955, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection, courtesy the Howard Greenberg Gallery.
During her lifetime, Vivian Maier (1926—2009) produced more than 100,000 photographic images, which remained largely undiscovered until after her death. CCP celebrates this reluctant artist's timely relevance, juxtaposing her work with contemporary Australian photography, performance and video.
Maier's prolific body of work recording both herself and the world around her—predominantly with a distinctive medium format Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera—is a precursor to our age of compulsive photographic documentation via smart phones and digital media. The posthumous construction of her identity is almost as compelling as her images and her ability to determine and frame a gripping moment with poignancy and beauty. Time has been Maier's collaborator, where nostalgia plays a significant role in the popularity of her archive.
In Crossing Paths with Vivian Maier, Maier's photography—printed well after her death—is presented with contemporary Australian artists working in still, moving and found photography and who also document the street and themselves in an equally obsessive manner.
Against the gritty street life captured by her probing lens, Patrick Pound responds with second-hand images gleaned from junk shops and the Internet, while Debra Phillips and David Wadelton make an inventory of the city and its quirky features. Maier's self-portraits reverberate with Australian women artists who turn the camera on themselves in performative ways, in the work of Cherine Fahd, Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano, Clare Rae, Simone Slee and Kellie Wells.
Curated by Naomi Cass, Louise Neri and Karra Rees
Supported by
Exhibition Partners
Public Program Partners
Youth Workshop Partners
Vivian Maier, New York City, September 10, 1955, Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 30.5cm, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection, courtesy the Howard Greenberg Gallery.
Public Programs
Meet the Artists and Curators for a walk-through of the Exhibition
Saturday 11 October, 1pm
Centre for Contemporary Photography
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Naomi Cass, Cherine Fahd, Louise Neri, Patrick Pound, Debra Phillips, David Wadelton, Clare Rae, Karra Rees, Simone Slee and Kellie Wells.
Official Opening
Saturday 11 October, 2pm
Centre for Contemporary Photography
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Opening remarks by Louise Neri, Creative Associate, Visual Arts, Melbourne Festival.
Panel Discussions
Centre for Contemporary Photography
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A collaboration between CCP and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Melbourne
How the 'selfie' performs across time and place
Wednesday 15 October, 6—7.30pm
Centre for Contemporary Photography
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Self-portraiture is hardly novel, but what distinguishes the 'selfie' in a contemporary context? The 'selfie' is scrutinised from a range of temporal and cultural contexts and emotions.
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Speakers
Dr Larissa Hjorth, Dr Adam Nash, Natalie Hendry, Dr Fincina Hopgood and Professor Stephanie Trigg (Chair)
Lost and Found: Ethics, subjecthood and contemporary art
Wednesday 22 October, 6—7.30pm
Centre for Contemporary Photography
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From the posthumous and pseudonymous construction of an artist's identity, to an artistic practice constructed from found images, panellists will discuss the ethics of contemporary art.
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Speakers
Dr Karen Jones, Dr Patrick Pound, Professor Paul Gough and Dr Rebecca Coates (Chair)
Workshops
Street photography workshop for youth in the City of Yarra**
A collaboration between CCP and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Melbourne
How to craft a fine art black & white print
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