bORROWED SCENERY

2019

Visual Arts

Artist/s: Aida Tomescu, Barbara Cleveland, Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Dean, Cybelle Blakebrough, Deborah Kelly, Deborah, Walker, Elaine Campaner, Elisabeth Cummings, Ellen Trevorrow, Eunice Napanangka, Fiona Lowry, Fonika Vervoorn-Booth, Gloria, Petyarre, Hilarie Mais, Ildiko Kovacs, Janet Mansfield, Jenny, Orchard, Joan Ross, Joanne Thew, Joyce Moate, Joyce Roseby, Katthy Cavaliere, Kitty Kantilla, Lenore Rays, Makinti Napanangka, Manupa Butler, Marea Gazzard, Marion Borgelt, May Bocking, Narputta Nangala, Norma Gibson, Olive McAleer, Pat Later, Pippin Drysdale, Regina Wilson, Rosalie Gascoigne, Sandra Taylor, Savanhdary Vongpoothorn, Shay Docking, Tracey Moffatt, Wilma, The Countess Report

For centuries, women have been the subjects of male artists, inserted into scenes framed by the male gaze. Borrowed Scenery explores what happens when the subjects of this gaze look back, step outside the frame, and assert their own vision and experience of the world.

With over 50 artworks from the Campbelltown City collection including ceramics, weavings, sculpture, paintings prints and new media, Borrowed Scenery celebrates and acknowledges the significance and influence of individual practice. Rather than becoming a subject of a scene, Borrowed Scenery creates a reflection of unique achievement and explores the discourses of female representation within collections and exhibitions.

In response to Borrowed Scenery, The Countess Report were commissioned to critique the permanent collection addressing institutional accountability within contemporary arts.