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Mike Parr

(Australia 1945– )

Title
Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part 1. Performances 1-6, 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979
Year
1979
Media category
Photograph
Materials used
28 Cibachrome photographs
Dimensions

a - Performance No 1. [Birds]; 35.9 x 29.3cm; image

a - Performance No 1. [Birds]; 40.6 x 30cm; sheet

b - Performance No 1. [chair with blue background]; 36 x 29.3cm; image

b - Performance No 1. [chair with blue background]; 38.3 x 30.6cm; sheet

c - Performance No 1. [Mike Parr -profile]; 35.5 x 29.5cm; image

c - Performance No 1. [Mike Parr -profile]; 41 x 30.5cm; sheet

d - Performance No 1. [Geoff Parr -profile]; 35 x 29.2cm; image

d - Performance No 1. [Geoff Parr -profile]; 39.1 x 30.3cm; sheet

e - Performance No 2. [Mike Parr on table]; 29.6 x 36cm; image

e - Performance No 2. [Mike Parr on table]; 30.6 x 38.6cm; sheet

f - Performance No 2. [Julie Parr on table]; 24.2 x 35cm; image

f - Performance No 2. [Julie Parr on table]; 30.6 x 41.9cm; sheet

g - Performance No 2. [mirror on red background]; 35.7 x 29cm; image

g - Performance No 2. [mirror on red background]; 37.2 x 30.4cm; sheet

h - Performance No 2. [Julie Parr in ice]; 35.2 x 28.7cm; image

h - Performance No 2. [Julie Parr in ice]; 40.5 x 29.9cm; sheet

i - Performance No 3. [oil spill on plastic]; 35.9 x 29.5cm; image

i - Performance No 3. [oil spill on plastic]; 37.9 x 30.4cm; sheet

j - Performance No 3. [Mike Parr, reflection in mirror; 36 x 29.5cm; image

j - Performance No 3. [Mike Parr, reflection in mirror; 40.4 x 30.7cm; sheet

k - Performance No 3. [Mike Parr and chickens, reflect; 38.8 x 29.5cm; image

k - Performance No 3. [Mike Parr and chickens, reflect; 40.8 x 30.4cm; sheet

l - Performance No 3. [Julie Parr and chickens, reflec; 29.5 x 35.8cm; image

l - Performance No 3. [Julie Parr and chickens, reflec; 30.4 x 41cm; sheet

m - Performance No 3. [Mike Parr covered in plastic sh; 36 x 29.8cm; image

m - Performance No 3. [Mike Parr covered in plastic sh; 41.2 x 30.5cm; sheet

n - Performance No 4. [Mike Parr foreground, Julie Par; 36 x 29.2cm; image

n - Performance No 4. [Mike Parr foreground, Julie Par; 40 x 30.6cm; sheet

o - Performance No 4. [Mike Parr and oil spill]; 35.8 x 29.8cm; image

o - Performance No 4. [Mike Parr and oil spill]; 38 x 30.8cm; sheet

p - Performance No 4. [oil spill]; 35.7 x 28.8cm; image

p - Performance No 4. [oil spill]; 37.6 x 30.1cm; sheet

q - Performance No 4. [Geoff Parr]; 36 x 29.5cm; image

q - Performance No 4. [Geoff Parr]; 41 x 30.4cm; sheet

r - Performance No 5. [baby on right hand side]; 36.2 x 29.5cm; image

r - Performance No 5. [baby on right hand side]; 42 x 30.4cm; sheet

s - Performance No 5. [Geoff Parr]; 29.5 x 36cm; image

s - Performance No 5. [Geoff Parr]; 30 x 40.4cm; sheet

t - Performance No 5. [male figure on chair]; 36 x 29.5cm; image

t - Performance No 5. [male figure on chair]; 40.3 x 30.5cm; sheet

u - Performance No 5. [baby and chair, mirror in backg; 35.8 x 29.3cm; image

u - Performance No 5. [baby and chair, mirror in backg; 37.6 x 30.2cm; sheet

v - Performance No 5. [Mike Parr on chair]; 36.2 x 29.4cm; image

v - Performance No 5. [Mike Parr on chair]; 42.9 x 30.4cm; sheet

w - Performance No 6. [Geoff and Julie Parr hanging ba; 29.2 x 35.3cm; image

w - Performance No 6. [Geoff and Julie Parr hanging ba; 30.3 x 40.8cm; sheet

x - Performance No 6. [Geoff Parr hanging banner]; 29.8 x 36cm; image

x - Performance No 6. [Geoff Parr hanging banner]; 30 x 40.6cm; sheet

y - Performance No 6. [Julie Parr sitting on chair]; 29.3 x 36cm; image

y - Performance No 6. [Julie Parr sitting on chair]; 30.5 x 37.2cm; sheet

z - Performance No 6. [body on floor in foreground]; 29.5 x 35.6cm; image

z - Performance No 6. [body on floor in foreground]; 30.6 x 40.3cm; sheet

aa - Performance No 6. [Julie and Geoff Parr sitting on; 35.7 x 29.5cm; image

aa - Performance No 6. [Julie and Geoff Parr sitting on; 40.8 x 30cm; sheet

bb - Performance No 6. [bound body]; 35.7 x 25.5cm; image

bb - Performance No 6. [bound body]; 42 x 30.5cm; sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. window mount [nos.a-bb], ink "...Mike Parr.../.../...April/ May 1979".
Credit
Purchased 1980
Accession number
37.1980.a-bb
Copyright
© Mike Parr. Photograph by John Delacour
Location
Not on display
Further information

Photographer: John Delacour

Bibliography (5)

Jenepher Duncan (Australia) (Editor), Off the Wall / In the Air: A seventies selection, Unknown, 1991, 11 (illus.), 17 (colour illus.). cat. no. 122, It is not known which works from the Black Box series were actually shown in this exhibition.

David Bromfield (Australia) (Author), Identities: A critical study of the work of Mike Parr 1970-1990, Nedlands, 1991, 168 (illus.), 207-210 (colour illus.).

Anthony Bond (England; Australia) (Editor), The Australian Bicentennial Perspecta, Domain, 1987, 73 (illus.). This work was not in the exhibition but is illustrated in the catalogue.

Gael Newton (Australia) (Author), Re-constructed Vision: Contemporary work with photography, Sydney, 1981, (illus.). cat.no.36, Four cibachrome photographs were used from the series of 28 but it is not sure which four.

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, Sydney, 1981, 38, 43 (illus.). cat.no. 10

Exhibition history (3)

Project 38- Re-constructed Vision, Contemporary work with photography (1981), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Jul 1981–23 Aug 1981.

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

Off the Wall / In the Air: A seventies' selection, Monash University Gallery, 28 Jun 1991–10 Aug 1991.