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This exhibition features two major British print portfolios from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Eduardo Paolozzi ’s Bunk 1972 is a collection of 45 screenprints derived from collage scrapbooks made by the artist in the 1950s. The source material came from American magazines that were given to the him by US soldiers on leave in Paris in the late 1940s. The works highlight the rampant consumerism of American society in stark contrast to the post-war austerity of England still subjected to rationing and the effects of a slow economic recovery. The second portfolio, In our ti me: Covers for a small library after the life for the most part 1969 by R.B.Kitaj, is a collection of 50 screenprints of second-hand book covers. Published with deliberate lack of explanation as to the choice of books, the accumulative effect of ‘the library’ is both a time capsule and an intriguing insight into the mind of the artist. DATE 16 July - 12 September TIME 10am - 5pm (except Mondays) BOOKINGS Not required LOCATION Artspace Mackay ADMISSION Free entry
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