Sunday, September 7, 2008

Charles Bayliss: A modern vision + Richard Green (Exhibition 12 +13)

National Library of Australia.

A lifetime of work(1850-1897) from Charles Bayliss that gives us a glimpse into what life was like in days gone by.
His work is not only beautiful to look at but is an important historical document, making it all the more interesting to me.
My favorites were the panoramas of Sydney.

I feel that the work more than holds it's own against the giant digital prints (Richard Green) located right next to it. I felt while Richard's work was impressive it was to me just like he threw a bunch of money at the task. I just couldn't connect with the images

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