Re-Generations

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Curated by Hilary Wardhaugh, featuring artists Elise Searson, Helga Salwe, Tricia King, Tamara Whyte and Suellen Cook

Drawing together five female artist photographers from around Australia, Re-Generations investigates experiences of personal growth, self-making and metamorphosis. Exposing inheritances of trauma, the possibilities of family and the legacies of inter-generational memory, the exhibition presents a nuanced look at the possibilities of female lives today.

Curated by Hilary Wardhaugh in collaboration with PhotoAccess, Re-Generations presents artists Elise Searson, Helga Salwe, Tricia King, Tamara Whyte and Suellen Cook. The artists were selected from the 2019 Loud and Luminous finalists to receive an award stipend to produce new work for Re-Generations.

The exhibition was formally opened by Dr. Pia Rowe, research fellow at the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation and academic editor at BroadAgenda, University of Canberra.

Click on the link below to download the PDF Catalogue and room sheet for this exhibition. Within, find the excellent exhibition essay by artist Kate Baker, biographies of each artist, and artist statements from each of the works.

These works are for sale. Please contact hello@photoaccess.org.au for details.

Download PDF Catalogue

Don't Look Back

Suellen Cook, 2020, photographic inkjet print, 75 x 75cm, 1/10

Tells the story of disconnection with a life that once was, with people, with family an/ or friends at a time when you are being expected to pick yourself up and “just move on”. The expression of that feeling that you must move forward but everything you hold dear is “back there” somewhere…Back there is the safety, the security, everything you know…your comfort zone. All of a sudden you have to step out of that comfort zone and look ahead, alone, look forward and not look back.

Everything I Wanted

Suellen Cook, 2020, photographic inkjet print, 75 x 75cm, 1/10

The nostalgia that comes with looking back, looking back at your own childhood, the childhood of your children, the dreams, the hopes, the innocence, the carefree times, the fun times. Once again, the security of what you’ve always known the experience that embodies everything you have ever wanted for your journey in life.