Beach scene
2003; printed 2024
Medium
inkjet print
Measurements
(130.0 × 78.5 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family, Phil Lukies and Janet Whiting AM and family, and Violet Sheno, 2025
© Dianne Jones/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Beach scene is Ballardong artist Dianne Jones’s rearticulation of Harold Cazneaux’s iconic 1929 Australian beach photograph of the same title, also held in the NGV Collection. Using both analogue and digital photo-media techniques, her work reimagines Australian art history through cultural commentary, inserting herself into famous works that have infiltrated the Australian public consciousness. By repositioning the gaze to subvert Australian art and social histories, Jones questions sites of colonisation, who is seen as ‘Australian,’ and the importance of imagery in popular culture.