bundoora homestead art centre

Time Machine: Sue Ford

August 31 2012 - October 14 2012

Sue Ford (1943–2009) was one of Australia’s most important photographers and filmmakers. Ford studied photography at RMIT and in 1974 was the first Australian photographer accorded a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Ford passed away in 2009. Prior to her death, she was working on an exhibition of her work which would feature her final major project Self-portrait with camera (1960–2006). Time Machine is the first opportunity for audiences to see this important series of 47 photographs, and presents a compelling self-portrait of an artist. It underscores the central role the camera played in Ford’s life. Self-portrait with camera will be shown alongside a survey of Ford’s black-and-white photographs from the 1960s and 70s and examples of her most iconic work, Time series (1960s–1970s).

The exhibition chronicles a period when photography was charged with political and personal meaning. It provides a great opportunity for audiences to reassess the talent of this important photographer, whose work was at once political, beautiful and elegiac.

In an era when the photograph has become highly disposable this exhibition acknowledge its role as an agent of change and memory.

Monash Gallery of Art travelling exhibition

Cloudy Sensoria

October 19 2012 - December 2 2012

From light phenomena to sound, qualities of smell and the dispersal of air in space, Cloudy Sensoria explores the intangible forms of sensation. The exhibition acts as a site specific interpretation of the time shifting experiences at Bundoora Homestead. Originally the home of an aristocratic family, then an institution for men deeply traumatised and often disfigured by war; no one lives here anymore, it is now a cultural centre, a place for ideas and contemplation. As if the walls could tell their stories, the artists engage the audience in new ways of seeing – often not with the eyes – perceiving the building, its location and history.

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre & RMIT University (School of Architecture and Design) exhibition

John Borrack: Selected Paintings & Drawings 1970 - 2011

December 7 2012 - February 10 2013

John Borrack is a maverick, free thinker and master craftsman. Best known for his lyrically structured paintings, Borrack’s sensitive interpretation of the Australian landscape balances the needs of technique and theory with clarity of emotional expression.

While working predominantly in watercolour and gouache, over recent years, he has exhibited his oil paintings more frequently revealing an effortless ability to move from one medium to the other. Represented in numerous collections including National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, regional galleries, municipal councils, universities and leading corporate collections, this retrospective captures the haunting, evocative quality of Borrack's work spanning the last four decades.

Castlemaine Art Gallery touring exhibition