C'est un record en Australie ! Le 19 juin 2016, lors d'une vente aux enchères organisée par Mossgreen, la photographie "Sunbaker" signée et datée par Max Dupain (lui-même!) a atteint la somme de 74 000 euros. La vente de plus de 500 clichés du photographe moderniste a rapporté au total un peu plus de 666 000 euros !
" C'est un énorme succès ", a déclaré Anna Hombsch au Sydney Morning Herald, sous-directrice du département des arts australiens et internationaux à Mossgreen. On ne peut qu'acquiescer, mais pour quelles raisons cette photographie représentant un homme allongé sur la plage peut atteindre ce prix-là ?
"Sunbaker" est devenue l'image emblém...
The MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize is a biennial acquisitive awards and exhibition, showcasing the best in contemporary Australian photography.
To celebrate the growing interest in photography, MAMA, through the MAMA Art Foundation, now offers a major acquisitive cash prize pool of $50,000 including the $3,000 John & Margaret Baker Memorial Fellowship for an emerging artist.
The first National Photography Prize was held in 1983 and Gael Newton and Helen Ennis jointly selected the work for purchase. Among the first works purchased were prints by Max Dupain, Mark Strizic, Richard Woldendorp and Philip Quirk.
A judging panel consisting of both internal and external representatives assess each of the prize applications to short list the works to be featured in the exhibition. Artists to be featur...
The Art Gallery of New South Wales is proud to present the major exhibition The photograph and Australia, which explores the crucial role photography has played in shaping our understandings of the nation. It will run from 21 March to 8 June 2015.
Tracing the evolution of the medium and its many uses from the 1840s until today, this is the largest exhibition of Australian photography held since 1988 that borrows from collections nationwide.
It presents more than 400 photographs by more than 120 artists, including Morton Allport, Richard Daintree, Paul Foelsche, Samuel Sweet, JJ Dwyer, Charles Bayliss, Frank Hurley, Harold Cazneaux, Olive Cotton, Max Dupain, Sue Ford, Carol Jerrems, Tracey Moffatt, Robyn Stacey, Ricky Maynard, Anne Ferran and Patrick Pound.
Iconic images are shown alongside works by unknown and a...
A selection of photographs by Max Dupain including striking commercial work, Sydney Opera House images and some highly sought after iconic images like Silos from 1935...