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The Light Fades but the Gods Remain

The Light Fades but the Gods Remain 1

by Bill Henson
Hardback
Publication Date: 23/09/2019
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Over thirty years have passed since Bill Henson made his iconic Untitled 1985/86 series.

These mesmerising photographs cast a hazy procession of people and places from Melbourne’s suburb of Glen Waverley, interspersed with dreamlike vignettes of Egyptian structures.

Now, commissioned by Monash Gallery of Art, Henson has revisited his home suburb to create new work. While these photographs return to Glen Waverley, they show an environment that appears to have slipped out of linear time. Henson’s new images are sumptuous and resplendent in their grandeur, offering a view of what is ‘just down the street’, but seem to come from another age. Together, the two series provide a glimpse into Henson’s brilliant mind as he ponders the passing of time.

The Light Fades but the Gods Remain, accompanied by an exhibition of both series of work at Monash Gallery of Art, celebrates an extraordinary artist at two stages in his career. The publication includes extracts by various authors who have had an impact on Henson, as well as text by Monash Gallery of Art Senior Curator Pippa Milne.

ISBN:
9781760760434
9781760760434
Category:
Photography & photographs
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
23-09-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson Australia Pty, Limited
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
168
Dimensions (mm):
338x282x22mm
Weight:
1.64kg
Bill Henson

Bill Henson is one of Australia's leading contemporary artists. Born in Melbourne in 1955, Henson had his first solo exhibition, at the age of 19, at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1975. He has since exhibited extensively in Australia and overseas, including New York, London, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, Montreal, Barcelona, Vienna and Amsterdam. In 1995, Henson represented Australia at the Venice Biennale, with his celebrated series of cut-screen photographs. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of NSW.

In 2003, Henson's work appeared in Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video at the International Center of Photography in New York. In the same year he had a solo exhibition at the Centro de Fotografia, University of Salamanca, Spain. In 2005, a comprehensive survey of his work was held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, attracting record visitor numbers for a contemporary art exhibition in Australia. In 2006, Henson exhibited a major body of work in Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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A beautiful revisiting oh Bill's earlier suburban work, that brings the motives,the feel and textures of his personal work layering through these images of his childhood suburb. As he then turns to his new work on the same theme the book becomes a disquieting confrontation of the artists perception. Has he lost the poetic insight into his suburbia of his earlier period or are these images harder to access and are going deeper than this viewer can see. A powerful vision of an artist that has penetrated greater depths or a poet that has strayed from his depths ?

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