Suburban Sublime: Australian Photography

Suburban Sublime: Australian Photography explores how artists have used the medium to interpret everyday settings, places and people, imbuing them with aesthetic, historical and emotional significance.

While rationales for capturing “suburbia” vary, the artworks here consistently demonstrate the enduring role of photography in enriching the national understanding of familiar scenes and images from everyday life – from driveways, streets and spaces between houses parked with family caravans and the classic Holden to clothes drying on the Hills Hoist in our backyards, family gatherings, flower-lined streetscapes, and family bistros.

Glen O’Malley, Good Friday 1987, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane – Gerard and his girlfriend hung out his washing (from ‘Journeys north’ portfolio), 1987, gelatin silver photograph on paper, 50.8 × 60.6cm. Purchased 1987 with the financial assistance of the Australian Bicentennial Authority to commemorate Australia’s Bicentenary in 1988. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art © the artist. Courtesy the artist and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane

Queensland Art Gallery
10 August 2024 to 17 August 2025
Brisbane

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