Fragments of a World: Artists Working in Film and Photography 1973–1987

Janet Bayly

Minerva Betts

Rhondda Bosworth

Jane Campion

Alexis Hunter

Joanna Margaret Paul

Popular Productions

curated by Sandy Callister

02 October – 18 December 2015

Left: Rhonda Bosworth, Right Minerva Betts, in Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Installation view: Minerva Betts, courtesy of the Estate of L. Budd and Michael Lett, Auckland. In Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Minerva Betts, Table circa 1980, silver bromide print, framed, 350 x 365mm. Courtesy of the Estate of L. Budd and Michael Lett, Auckland. In Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Minerva Betts, Table circa 1980, silver bromide print, framed, 350 x 365mm. Courtesy of the Estate of L. Budd and Michael Lett, Auckland. Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Minerva Betts, Untitled 1980–2015, silver bromide contact prints with oil pastel, table, Perspex. Courtesy of the Estate of L. Budd and Michael Lett, Auckland. In Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Minerva Betts, Untitled 1980–2015, silver bromide contact prints with oil pastel, table, Perspex. Courtesy of the Estate of L. Budd and Michael Lett, Auckland. Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Left: Alexis Hunter, Approach to Fear V11: Pain-Solace (Hoxton, London) 1975 16 colour photographs, framed. Right: Alexis Hunter, Approach to Fear VI: Violence, Destruction of Evidence (Bermondsey, London) 1976, 8 framed colour photographs, two parts. All images courtesy of the artist’s estate. In Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Left: Alexis Hunter, Approach to Fear V11: Pain-Solace (Hoxton, London) 1975 16 colour photographs, framed. Right: Alexis Hunter, Approach to Fear VI: Violence, Destruction of Evidence (Bermondsey, London) 1976, 8 framed colour photographs, two parts. All images courtesy of the artist’s estate. Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Popular Productions the story of, 1973, digital transfer of 8mm film, black and white, silent, 6mins 23secs, courtesy of Popular Productions and Michael Lett, Auckland. In Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Popular Productions the story of, 1973, digital transfer of 8mm film, black and white, silent, 6mins 23secs, courtesy of Popular Productions and Michael Lett, Auckland. Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh)

Foreground: Janet Bayly, background: Joanna Margret Paul. In Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Installation view: Janet Bayly, in Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Janet Bayly, Lace Dress 2(detail), 1979/2002, five colour Lambda prints from SX-70 Polaroids. Courtesy of the artist in Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Janet Bayly, Lace Dress 2(detail), 1979/2002, five colour Lambda prints from SX-70 Polaroids. Courtesy of the artist

Installation view: Janet Bayly, in Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Janet Bayly, Self Portrait /Blue Face (detail), 1979/2002, four colour Lambda prints from SX-70 Polaroids. Courtesy of the artist in Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Janet Bayly, Self Portrait /Blue Face (detail), 1979/2002, four colour Lambda prints from SX-70 Polaroids. Courtesy of the artist

Installation view: Joanna Margaret Paul, in Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Joanna Margaret Paul, Untitled, 1976/2013, Archival pigment print (edition of 3), Courtesy of the artist’s estate and Robert Heald Gallery, Wellington, inFragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Joanna Margaret Paul, Untitled, 1976/2013, Archival pigment print (edition of 3), Courtesy of the artist’s estate and Robert Heald Gallery, Wellington. Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Joanna Margaret Paul, Untitled (Barry’s Bay), 1976/2013, Archival pigment print (edition of 3), Courtesy of the artist’s estate and Robert Heald Gallery, Wellington, inFragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Joanna Margaret Paul, Untitled (Barry’s Bay), 1976/2013, Archival pigment print (edition of 3), Courtesy of the artist’s estate and Robert Heald Gallery, Wellington. Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Jane Campion, A Girl’s Own Story 1984, digital transfer of 16mm film, black and white, sound, 27 minutes, courtesy of the artist and Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Sydney. In Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington (photo: Shaun Waugh)

Jane Campion, A Girl’s Own Story 1984, digital transfer of 16mm film, black and white, sound, 27 minutes, courtesy of the artist and Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Sydney. Installation view, Fragments of a World, curated by Sandy Callister, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015. Photo: Shaun Waugh

Fragments of a World poster

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