Tim Johnson
dal 26/11/2012 al 26/12/2012
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26/11/2012
Tim Johnson
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Optic Nerve. From a Memory Lost 1981-2012. Digital additions to the original image that include details from a photo taken of a Buddhist painting called Illusory City.
One of the most interesting photos I have taken was at Papunya in 1981.
It is a very unusual double exposure of two well-known Aboriginal artists that I was friends with, John Jagamarra and Willie Jungarai.
This year, in 2012, I made digital additions to the original image that include details from a photo taken of a Buddhist painting called Illusory City that is in a cave at Dun Huang in China.
The combination of new imagery and the adjustments I made say something about the extraordinary painting movement that began in the Australian desert.
The original photo was unusual in that the forms that appeared in the image seemed to reflect ideas about the subject’s own belief system.
Tim Johnson
Image: From a memory lost 1981–2012 Giclée print, framed 115 x 81.5 cm Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Opening: Saturday 27 October 3 - 5 pm
Tolarno Galleries
Level 4, 104 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 1oam-5pm, Saturday 1pm-5pm
Free Admission