Mrs Ruby Rose, who lives in Derby, Western Australia, is one of the Croker Island girls photographed by Axel Poignant in 1948, as reported in a previous post. She’s the gal on the far right in the AP photograph. Ruby was also one of the “Stolen Generation” elders who was invitied to Canberra to witness the Prime Minister’s “Sorry” speech. Axel’s photograph has become another part of Ruby’s unique archive – the fortunate consequence of not living in Darwin at the time of Cyclone Tracey! Thanks to ANU PhD student Maya Havilland, working in Derby, who recently met up with Ruby and updated the photograph with her own.

Want more? read your blogwrangler’s essay on this photograph As citizens of the world... in the October 2008 Art Monthly Australia here. And why the “another” in this post title? See Roslyn Poignant’s exemplary thesis on the subject Encounter at Nagalarramba (NLA, Canberra, 1996) where the return of AP’s 1952 photographs to the Liverpool River (now Maningrida) communities provides one of the narrative threads around which she constructs this marvellous book. Still available from the NLA…

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Axel Poignant, Young Women, Croker Island, (1948) copyright Roslyn Poignant, Axel Poignant Archive, London.

In the October Art Monthly Australia your blogwrangler writes about such questions in his essay “As citizens of the world..” about this sixty-year-old (sixty-year-young) photograph “Young Women, Croker island” (1948). Toddle down to the newsagent and buy yourself a copy!

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Axel Poignant: “Young Women, Croker Island”, (1948/printed c. 1979), silver gelatin print, on Ilford Galerie, 267 x 388, © Roslyn Poignant (Axel Poignant Archive)

As part of VIVID, the National Photography Festival, ArtWranglers will be showing Axel Poignant: Significant Portraits 1938 – 1952. ArtWranglers will be open to the public from 10.00am to 5.00 pm from Thursday to Sunday, July 10 to 13, and on Saturday and Sunday, July 19 and 20. Outside those hours, the collection may be viewed by appointment on 02 6257 0949. Please refer to the side-bar for biographical details and further images.

Many of the works in this exhibition are either the last prints available from the Axel Poignant Archive, or one of a very small number of prints available on the market. For example Young Women, Croker Island is a unique print, and has never been previously exhibited or reproduced. A list of works with details of prints and prices is available on request.

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See the downloadable catalogue of the current exhibition of Indigenous Connections, Axel Poignant’s photographs of Sidney Nolan’s Rites of Spring at the Art Gallery of NSW.

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Here’s some snaps of the current exhibition.

Axel Poignant

Jon Rhodes

Catherine Rogers

Patrick Hartigan

Patsy Payne

William Yang

Maryam Rashidid

See the list of works in the previous post for details, and also the Ben Cauchi.

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Here’s the list of works in our first exhibition: “At Home – an exhibition of images of hands”, held at 18 Morphett St, Dickson from August 24 – September 1, 2007 – viewing Saturday August 25 or by appointment:

Axel Poignant, Hal Missingham’s hand, (also known as Artist’s Hand) silver gelatin print on Agfa RR paper, 1939-40

Ben Cauchi, The photographer’s hand (a tribute), tintype, 2006

Jon Rhodes, Emu Hand, Tanami Desert, NT, silver gelatin print (edition of 20), 1987/2000

William Yang, The Hand of the Dalai Lama # 1, silver gelatin print, 1996, edition 1/30 (represented in Canberra by Helen Maxwell Gallery)

Maryam Rashidi, Mono-logue, DVD, 2006

Patsy Payne, Shadow IV, ink on elephant dung paper, 2005 (represented in Canberra by Helen Maxwell Gallery)

Patrick Hartigan, Bird, watercolour on paper, 2005

Catherine Rogers, Tree fern, Styx Valley, piezograph, (cone quad tone on Hahnemulle – pigment inkjet) 2003/4 (represented in Canberra by Helen Maxwell Gallery)

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ArtWranglers is delighted to represent the following artists in Canberra:

Axel Poignant

Jon Rhodes

Slim Barrie

Charlie Sofo

Marina Nielson

Tim Price

Rachel Jessie-Rae O’Connor

Rose Montebello

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