Exhibitions

Paolozzi + Kitaj: British Pop Prints from the Art Gallery of NSW Collection

McAleese Gallery, Artspace Mackay
16 July – 12 September

This exhibition features two major British print portfolios from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Eduardo Paolozzi’s 'Bunk' 1972 is a collection of 45 screenprints derived from collage scrapbooks made by the artist in the 1950s. The source material came from American magazines given to the him by US soldiers on leave in Paris in the late 1940s. The works highlight the rampant consumerism of American society in stark contrast to the post-war austerity of England still subjected to rationing and the effects of a slow economic recovery. The second portfolio 'In our time: Covers for a small library after the life for the most part' 1969 by R.B.Kitaj is a collection of 50 screenprints of second-hand book covers. Published with deliberate lack of explanation as to the choice of books, the accumulative effect of ‘the library’ is both a time-capsule and an intriguing insight into the mind of the artist.

Image: Sir Eduardo PAOLOZZI "Real gold" from the portfolio Bunk. colour photo screenprint. 31.8 x 24.2cm. Art Gallery of NSW Collection.

Working through/Turning pages: The artists books of Robert Jacks

Artspace Mackay Foyer
16 July – 12 September

Robert Jacks has been making artists books as a key element of his practice since the mid-1960s. these books range from one-off works to multiples and editions using a variety of printing techniques from hand stamping and etching to collage, photography and other media.Twelve Degrees of Latitude: Regional Gallery & University Art Collections in Queensland