The Portrait
28 Apr–4 Jun 2022
Blindside for PHOTO2022
Co-curated by Josephine Mead & Karl Halliday
Artists: Arini Byng, Nayuka Gorrie, Anne Moffat, Phebe Schmidt, Danny Cohen, Sara Tautuku Orme, Lisa Sorgini, Abigail Varney, Lucy Foster, Sam Lieblich, Timmah Ball
The Portrait is part of PHOTO 2022: International Festival of Photography.
As a genre of photography that conflates image with identity, ‘the portrait’ carries a complex and problematic past. Yet how portraiture is made and used is ever-evolving. The history of portraiture is itself a record of social change, documenting shifts in cultural values and technological advances. Just as the role that portraiture performs in our lives has transformed, so too have the attitudes and approaches of artists who are responding to the task of art-making, amidst the rapidly changing conditions of contemporary visual culture.
The Portrait is an investigation into the emerging and fluid possibilities of portrait photography and its impact upon image-making today. Ten artists have been invited to produce ‘a portrait’ for exhibition. The artists selected work in both traditional modes of portrait photography and within alternative multidisciplinary practices. By considering the medium in an expanded sense, the artists are able to contemplate, critique and challenge the limits of what a portrait can be.
The Portrait Public Programs
Performance: Trevor Santos: 30 Apr
A night of readings: Elijah Money & Hasib Hourani: 12 May
RMIT x The Portrait: 19 May
28 Apr–4 Jun 2022
Blindside for PHOTO2022
Co-curated by Josephine Mead & Karl Halliday
Artists: Arini Byng, Nayuka Gorrie, Anne Moffat, Phebe Schmidt, Danny Cohen, Sara Tautuku Orme, Lisa Sorgini, Abigail Varney, Lucy Foster, Sam Lieblich, Timmah Ball
The Portrait is part of PHOTO 2022: International Festival of Photography.
As a genre of photography that conflates image with identity, ‘the portrait’ carries a complex and problematic past. Yet how portraiture is made and used is ever-evolving. The history of portraiture is itself a record of social change, documenting shifts in cultural values and technological advances. Just as the role that portraiture performs in our lives has transformed, so too have the attitudes and approaches of artists who are responding to the task of art-making, amidst the rapidly changing conditions of contemporary visual culture.
The Portrait is an investigation into the emerging and fluid possibilities of portrait photography and its impact upon image-making today. Ten artists have been invited to produce ‘a portrait’ for exhibition. The artists selected work in both traditional modes of portrait photography and within alternative multidisciplinary practices. By considering the medium in an expanded sense, the artists are able to contemplate, critique and challenge the limits of what a portrait can be.
The Portrait Public Programs
Performance: Trevor Santos: 30 Apr
A night of readings: Elijah Money & Hasib Hourani: 12 May
RMIT x The Portrait: 19 May
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Left: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Works pictured (L to R) by Sara Tautuku Orme, Lucy Foster and Nayuka Gorrie.
Right: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Work pictured by Sara Tautuku Orme.
Right: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Work pictured by Sara Tautuku Orme.
Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Work pictured by Lucy Foster.
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Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Left: Works pictured (L to R) by Abigail Varney and Anne Moffatt. Right: Work pictured by Nayuka Gorrie.
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Left: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Works pictured (L to R) by Lisa Sorgini, Sara Tautuku Orme and Arini Byng. Right: Work pictured by Arini Byng.
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Left: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Works pictured by Anne Moffatt.
Right: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Works pictured by Phebe Schmidt and Danny Cohen.
Right: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Works pictured by Phebe Schmidt and Danny Cohen.
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Left: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Works pictured by Lucy Foster.
Right: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Works pictured by Nayuka Gorrie.
Right: Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Works pictured by Nayuka Gorrie.
Documentation of 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022) by Nick James Archer. Works pictured by Arini Byng.
Documentation of performance by Trevor Santos for public program to coincide with 'The Portrait' (Blindside, 2022).
