With careful, and difficult, consideration, and after more than 25 years Stills Gallery will discontinue in its current form at the end of June. From 25 May to 30 June the space will showcase important works from the past quarter century of operation by over 60 artists in a final ‘Curtain Call’.
As well as this the website will stay live as an archive and the team hope to contribute again to photography’s presentation and sale in a revised approach. Co-directors Kathy Freedman and Bronwyn Rennex thank artists and staff, past and present. The pair reflected, “from small beginnings in Elizabeth Street Paddington in 1991, the gallery has shifted and evolved to keep up with changes in the way we produce, enjoy and understand photography.”
Trent Parke, Untitled #6, 1999, from ‘The Seventh Wave’. Courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney
Curtain Call presents the ‘mother of all salon hangs’ featuring; Paul Adair, Lili Amog, Narelle Autio, Juli Balla, Roger Ballen, Gilbert Bel Bachir, Mervyn Bishop, Pat Brassington, Jane Brown, James Bryans, Danica Chappell, Christine Cornish, Brenda L Croft, Melita Dahl, Dachi Dang, Huw Davies, Ruby Davies, Ian Dodd, Stephen Dupont, Ella Dreyfus, Michelle Eabry, Jackson Eaton, Sandy Edwards, Peter Elliston, Merilyn Fairskye, Anne Ferran, Chris Fortescue, Lesley Goldacre, Lorrie Graham, Megan Jenkinson, Petrina Hicks, Douglas Holleley, Mark Kimber, Pam Kleeman, Peter Jones, William Lamson, Ian Lever, Jon Lewis, Michael Light, Peter Lyssiotis, Steven Lojewski, Marketa Luskacova, Deb Mansfield, Mary Ellen Mark, Grant Matthews, Ricky Maynard, Peter Milne, Harry Nankin, Anne Noble, Polixeni Papapetrou, Trent Parke, Patrick Pound, Bronwyn Rennex, Jon Rhodes, Michael Riley, George Schwarz, Roger Scott, Rebecca Shanahan, Glenn Sloggett, Georgina Smith, Peter Solness, Van Sowerwine, Robyn Stacey, Suellen Symons, Jenny Templin, David Thomas, Danielle Thompson, Garry Trinh, James Tylor, Stephanie Valentin, Kawita Vatanajyankur, Justine Varga, Beverley Veasey, Wiliam Yang and Emmaline Zanelli.
