Australian Centre for Photography

Pat Brassington | David Burnett | Robert BesankoWinter Season 2013

The Australian Centre for Photography Winter Season 2013 presents three exhibitions by photographers exploring the varying and diverse aspects of the photographic medium ranging from surrealism to photojournalism.

Pat Brassington Robert Besanko David Burnett

Saturday 01 June 2013 to Sunday 18 August 2013
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Autumn Season 2013

The 2013 Autumn Season continues ACP’s exploration of the diversity of photographic and lens based practice.

Ian North Robert Besanko Brad Buckley John Conomos

Saturday 02 March 2013 to Sunday 19 May 2013
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Summer Exhibition Season 2013

For this 2013 Season the Australian Centre for Photography will be expanding on ideas relating to contemporary photographic practice. Presenting the interdisciplinary experience from the analogue to the digital in still and moving image, performance, installation, collaboration and sound.

Ann Shelton Robert Besanko Darragh O’Callaghan David Sudmalis René Norwie

Saturday 01 December 2012 to Sunday 17 February 2013
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Celebrating 40 Years of Australia–China Diplomatic Relations

Mr Fan Dian on behalf of the Hon Craig Knowles, Chair of the Australian Centre for Photography, and Professor Ian Howard, Dean of the UNSW College of Fine Arts, invites you to the exhibition, Making Change: Celebrating 40 Years of Australia–China Diplomatic Relations, which will be opened by Mr Graeme Meehan, Deputy Ambassador, Australian Embassy Beijing.

Tuesday 13 November 2012 to Friday 14 December 2012
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Beyond the Last Sky: Contemporary Palestinian Photography and Video

Images of the conflict in Israel/Palestine all too frequently make their way to our television screens, often relegating the voices of Palestinians to the sidelines. As the first exhibition of its kind presented to Australian audiences, Beyond the Last Sky is a showcase of the diversity of contemporary Palestinian art.

Khaled Hourani Taysir Batniji Larissa Sansour Sharif Waked Yazan Khalili Khalil Rabah Jackie Salloum Chrisoula Lioni

Saturday 01 September 2012 to Sunday 18 November 2012
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Hijacked III: Contemporary Photography from Australia & the UK

25 artists from opposite sides of the globe offer unique photographs ranging from oblique takes on portraiture and collage to snapshots of society at its best and worst. The exhibition presents far reaching photographic practices which question what it means to look, catch or construct images for the 21st century.

Bindi Cole Petrina Hicks Tracey Moffatt Warwick Baker David Manley Christian Thompson Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin Alin Huma Bindi Cole Christopher Day Helen Sear Justin Spiers Laura Pannack Luke Stephenson Maciej Dakowicz Melinda Gibson Michael Ziebarth Natasha Caruana Sarah Pickering Seba Kurtis Simon Roberts Tereza Zelenkova Toni Greaves Tony Albert Trish Morrissey Zhao Renhui

Saturday 30 June 2012 to Sunday 19 August 2012
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

DAVID ALAN HARVEY (based on a true story)

David Alan Harvey, an internationally renowned Magnum photographer, presents a new collection of work capturing the vibrancy and cultural energy of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Shot over a 2-year period, Harvey’s intimate photographs are raw, real and passionate. (based on a true story) is a representation of one night out that Harvey admits ‘changed [me] forevever'.

David Alan Harvey

Saturday 05 May 2012 to Sunday 17 June 2012
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

5 collections

HEAD ON PORTRAIT PRIZE

The Head On Portrait Prize is the nation’s major innovative showcase for Australian portrait photography, reflecting a vibrant, diverse cross-section of new and traditional photographic practices. The Prize’s main selection criteria are the quality and impact of the image, rather than the celebrity of the photographer or subject.

Saturday 05 May 2012 to Sunday 17 June 2012
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Parallax The Performance Paradigm in PhotographyHeidrun Löhr

Parallax is a simple enough problem for photography: the image you make depends on your viewing angle. But when you add the variable of the moving body in performance, the parallax factor multiplies to a point where the camera captures something no human eye will ever see in any other way.

Heidrun Löhr

Saturday 03 March 2012 to Sunday 15 April 2012
Opening: Friday 02 March 2012
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Sascha Weidner: UNVEILED: the Sydney project

Investigations of polarity and the interplay of contrasting locales inform Sascha Weidner’s work relating the urban and non-urban, the nocturnal and daytime. What Weidner finds is as yet unknown but will be charged with tension as he hits the ground running whilst making new work during an intense 2 week residency period.

Saturday 03 March 2012 to Sunday 15 April 2012
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Michael Waite: Silent and Still

Michael Waite has made black and white darkroom prints from vintage negatives that date from early to mid 20th century and various parts of the world. They are purchased from second hand dealers and usually come with little to no information as to the subject, the photographer or the reason for their making.

Michael Waite

Friday 20 January 2012 to Sunday 15 April 2012
Opening: Saturday 21 January 2012
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Creative Learning Student Exhibition

In January, new work by Creative Learning students who have completed courses during Term 4 2011 is displayed within the gallery space. The show is a wonderful opportunity to share in the excitement of fresh photography and the first presentation of students’ compositions.

Saturday 21 January 2012 to Sunday 05 February 2012
Opening: Saturday 21 January 2012
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

3 collections

Conor O’Brien: Photographs 2003-2011

Gallery 1&2 Encompassing 8 years of Melbourne-based artist Conor O’Brien’s photographic practice, ACP presents his first major survey exhibition. Early works draw on an Australian youth generation anti-aesthetic whereas recent works signal a maturing beyond these roots.

Conor O’Brien

Saturday 03 December 2011 to Sunday 05 February 2012
Opening: Friday 02 December 2011
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

3 collections

Lee Grant: Belco Pride

Gallery 4 “Belco’s a hole…but it’s our hole”

Lee Grant

Saturday 03 December 2011 to Sunday 15 January 2012
Opening: Friday 02 December 2011
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

3 collections

Rebecca Dagnall: There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble in the trees

Gallery 3 The Australian bush has long been a site of danger and mystery; there is an uneasiness as to what lingers there. Rebecca Dagnall’s latest series There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble in the trees explores the threshold between the bush and suburbia suggesting that the darkness is encroaching on civilisation rather than the other way around.

Rebecca Dagnall

Saturday 03 December 2011 to Sunday 15 January 2012
Opening: Friday 02 December 2011
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.