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An image of Children playing, Redfern by Gerrit Fokkema

Gerrit Fokkema

(Papua New Guinea, Australia 1954– )

Title
Children playing, Redfern
Other titles:
Vacant site, Redfern
Year
1980
Media category
Photograph
Materials used
gelatin silver photograph
Dimensions

31.8 x 43.0cm image; 40.6 x 50.4cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. verso, pencil "Gerrit Fokkema 1980".
Credit
Purchased 1981
Accession number
102.1981
Copyright
© Gerrit Fokkema
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (5)

Author Unknown (Author), Sydney Focus, Melbourne Shift, 1981. cat.no. 33

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, Sydney, 1981, 76 (illus.). cat.no. 22

Jorge Calado (Author), À Prova de Água Waterproof, Lisbon, 1998, (illus.). plate no. 342

Michael Wardell (Australia) (Author), My city of Sydney, Domain, 2000. no pagination or catalogue numbers

'Focus on Wastelands: How the idea was born' by Barry Pearce, pg. 16; 'Wastelands: A poetic legacy... and how the idea has been realised' by Helen Campbell, pg. 17-19., Look Sep 2005, Sep 2005, 19 (illus.).

Exhibition history (6)

Sydney Focus, Melbourne Shift, The Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, 24 Mar 1981–16 Apr 1981.

Three years on: Acquisitions 1978-81, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Oct 1981–01 Dec 1981.

Souvenirs of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Mar 1992–10 May 1992.

Waterproof - One Hundred Days Festival - Expo 98, Lisboa EXPO 98, 27 Feb 1998–31 May 1998.

My city of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Sep 2000–22 Oct 2000.

Wastelands: A poetic legacy, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 10 Aug 2005–09 Oct 2005.