Jake, Bruno and Jessie (photo sequence II)
Australia
1945 – 2022
Jake, Bruno and Jessie (photo sequence II)
from the series One Aspect
1989
collage of 21 gelatin-silver photographs
- Place made
- Prospect, Adelaide
- Medium
- collage of 21 gelatin-silver photographs
- State
- Unique
- Dimensions
- 30.2 x 58.8 cm (sight)
- Credit line
- Gift of the family of Ann Newmarch 2024
- Accession number
- 20243Ph7
- Signature and date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Provenance
- The artist; by descent to Jessie Kerr, the artist’s daughter.
- Collection area
- Australian Photographs
- Copyright
- Courtesy the artist
- Image credit
- Photo: Stewart Adams
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From 1976 to 1984 Ann Newmarch was a member (founding) of the Women’s Art Movement in Adelaide, and during this time feminist ideas came to the fore in her work. During this time, reflecting her role as a mother, she created a fascinating series of more personal screenprints based on her own photographs, which documented the changing relationship between her three children each year, as they grew up. Her images of the children implicitly reflected her own relationship to them, and her role, like that of many mothers, as the family documenter and ’keeper of memories’ for the children. This project carried on with its own impetus which saw her create many photographic works of the children, which were first exhibited in her exhibition One Aspect in 1989. This photo sequence explores similar ideas to her annual Children series of screenprints as each child is represented by a series of seven portraits taken over time.
Julie Robinson, Senior Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs (2024)
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Ann Newmarch was a significant and influential figure in the arts in South Australia for over fifty years and, while best known for her screenprints, her practice also encompassed paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, union banners, murals and community art projects. Her artistic practice was underpinned by a strength of conviction and rebellious streak, which saw her challenge conventions and break down many barriers in the art world. Recognised as a trailblazing feminist artist, she created works of art that tackled important political and social issues from the perspective of a woman and a mother.
During the 1970s Newmarch rose to prominence in Adelaide as a founding and influential member of several collectives in Adelaide, including the Progressive Art Movement (1974–77), the Women’s Art Movement (1976–84) and the Prospect Mural Group (1978 – 84). Her works addressed issues such as the Vietnam War, the struggle of workers, uranium mining, and Australian independence from American influence. By the late 1970s her involvement in the women’s movement and her role as a mother of two young boys, saw the subject matter of women’s issues and motherhood/childhood taking a greater prominence in her oeuvre. Many of her works were created as screenprints, which could be made quickly and in large editions, enabling her ideas to reach a broad audience, beyond the traditional confines of gallery walls. Newmarch was also an influential teacher and inspiration to many other artists, both through her role as lecturer at the South Australian School of Art (1969 – 2000) and through her leadership in community art projects, articularly in Prospect, where she made murals and initiated the practice of Stobie pole paintings.
In 1997 Newmarch was the first living female artist to have a retrospective exhibition at AGSA, The Personal is Political, and her work is widely represented in Australian national and state collections. Newmarch is also recognised internationally – being represented in the collection of the British Museum, London, and in 2007 her work was exhibited in Los Angeles and New York in the ground-breaking exhibition WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, a global survey of feminist art. Newmarch, who was represented by nine works, was the only Australian artist included. In 2021 Newmarch’s work was celebrated in KNOW MY NAME: Australian Women Artists from 1900 to now at the National Gallery of Australia.
A distinguished print-maker, photographer, painter and sculptor, in 1989 Newmarch received an Order of Australia Medal for her significant contributions to art and culture in this country.
Julie Robinson, Senior Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs (2024)
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One Aspect
Tynte Gallery, 1989SATEP, 1989
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[Book] Brooks, Rosemary. Ann Newmarch: One Aspect.
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Ann Newmarch 1945 – 2022
Bruno
1989type C photograph, collage of photocopiesAccession no: 20243Ph9On display, Gallery 6 -
Ann Newmarch 1945 – 2022collage of 21 gelatin-silver photographsAccession no: 20243Ph6On display, Gallery 6
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Ann Newmarch 1945 – 2022collage of 21 gelatin-silver photographsAccession no: 20243Ph7On display, Gallery 6
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Ann Newmarch 1945 – 2022
Jake's maths book
1989gelatin-silver photograph, collage of type C photographsAccession no: 20243Ph10On display, Gallery 6 -
Ann Newmarch 1945 – 2022
Jessie
1989type C photograph, collage of photocopies, coloured pencils, black ballpoint penAccession no: 20243Ph11On display, Gallery 6 -
Ann Newmarch 1945 – 2022pigment printAccession no: 20243Ph8On display, Gallery 6
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Ann Newmarch 1945 – 2022type C photographAccession no: 20243Ph12