No title (Photogram of two hands and garden path)
(c. 1970)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
27.6 × 34.7 cm irreg. (image and sheet) 38.5 × 44.8 cm (support)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gerstl Bequest, 2000
© Courtesy of the artist
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
In the late 1960s and early 70s, Sue Ford created several bodies of highly experimental work. These works involved complex montages, photograms and layered negatives, revealing hours of darkroom experimentation in her Eltham studio in Melbourne’s north-east. Such experiments coincided with Ford’s burgeoning interest in left-wing politics, and her exposure via the media to world events such as the NASA moon landings and the Vietnam War. Ford incorporated imagery and ideas relating to these events, as well as her interest in environmentalism, into these abstracted, Surrealism-inspired works.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
2000.60
Department
Australian Photography
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest