New Australiana II (Wattle)
Port Kembla, New South Wales,
2015
New Australiana II (wattle), Port Kembla, NSW Australia. September 2015 Photograph: Guido van Helten
This work was completed in addition to a feature piece for Wollongong Wonderwalls in the neighbouring town of Port Kembla while participating in a two week residency with Verb Syndicate. This work falls into a continuation of a series painted in Queensland and New South Wales exploring ideas of Australiana and identity.
Photographs by Guido van Helten
Project Details
Project
New Australiana II (Wattle)Location
Port Kembla, New South WalesCommissioner
Ilawarra Shire Council, Verb Syndicate“I don’t know where Guido got the image from. He takes photographs either of characters from the area or uses vintage photographs that he finds. This could be a vintage photograph. It’s a girl and the bit that’s going off to the side, that’s a bit abstract, that was lilies and roses in a lace effect over it. But it rained for a full day and a half and he only had three days..." 1
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