QUEER CONTEMPORARY: C. Moore Hardy: Life in Black, white and pink

C. Moore Hardy, Lesbian marching girls in Egyptian costume, SGLMG, 1994

Artist C. Moore Hardy is renowned as a photographer who has captured key cultural moments in Australian history since the late 1970s, with particular focus on Sydney’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer (LGBTQiA+) communities. She is among a generation of artists who employ photography for its immediacy, capturing political events on the ground as they unfolded, from a prime vantage point within the community.

Her work is widely acknowledged as critically important in documenting LGBTQIA+ histories and raising awareness of social issues of local and national significance. In essence C. Moore Hardy’s works are a celebration of identity, unity and social and cultural diversity.

Life in black, white and pink is a major exhibition, the latest in the National Art School’s ongoing Queer Contemporary program presented annually as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It features significant images from C. Moore’s practice over the past three decades which tell layered and nuanced stories of Australia’s political landscape, the people, personalities and moments in our social history that have defined us.


EXHIBITION DATES:

Rayner Hoff Project Space

16 February – 9 March 2024

Monday –  Saturday, 11am – 5pm

Gallery closed on Saturday 17 February due to special event.

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Opening night: The Neighbour at the Gate 

Join us on Thursday 10 July for the opening night of The Neighbour at the Gate, a major exhibition at the National Art School Gallery, curated by a guest curatorium led by Clothilde Bullen (Wardandi Noongar and Badimaya Yamatji), with Micheal Do and Zali Morgan (Whadjuk Balladong and Wilman Noongar).

Bringing together newly commissioned works by leading Australian artists Jacky Cheng, Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson, Dennis Golding (Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay), Jenna Mayilema Lee (Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman, KarraJarri), James Nguyen and James Tylor (Kaurna, Thura-Yura language region), the exhibition reckons with the echoes of immigration policies and the legacies of Colonialism in Australia, unravelling how these forces continue to shape First Nations and Asian Australian experiences and relationships.

Across various mediums and perspectives, The Neighbour at the Gate charts the entangled legacies of exclusion and resilience, drawing vital parallels between the past and present, memory and nationhood.

The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative.

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Burned trees build no homes. 

Today we acknowledge World Environment Day with this work by alum Una Foster, now in the National Art School Collection.
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Una Foster, ‘Burned Trees Build No Homes’, c.1945, commercial print on paper; image courtesy the artist and National Art School © Una Foster. From the National Art School Collection.
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Your donation will be vital in helping us build a more inclusive and vibrant arts community — creating crucial pathways for talented artists to become leading international artists, regardless of their background.

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In June, we celebrate World Pride Month. Like many other culturally significant times, it’s a month that’s meaningful to our community and the Oxford precinct we are part of. 

In 2015, NAS alum Todd Fuller (@fuller_todd) sent members of the public black and white drawings depicting two men engaged in a passionate kiss. The participants were encouraged to respond to the image by colouring in the figures, with the resulting images compiled by Fuller into a mixed media video animation. 

Fuller gifted this work to the National Art School Collection, a collection that performs a major role within the National Art School as both a teaching resource and a historical record. Visit our website to find out more about the works in our collection.

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Todd Fuller, ‘The Unite Project - 3rd generation ‘, 2015, mixed media animation, colour and sound, 13.35 mins loop; image courtesy the artist and National Art School © Todd Fuller. From the National Art School Collection - Gift of Todd Fuller.
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