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Out of all Proportion: Gavin Hipkins in ‘Collecting Contemporary’

When I first saw Gavin Hipkin’s The shaman (blue), currently on display in Collecting Contemporary on Level 5, it was as a digital image emailed by his dealer. I was struck by the ambiguity of the photograph. The stunning, pale blue background is almost featureless, and like the blue orRead more

2012-05-10
By: Athol McCredie
On: 10 May 2012
In: Art, Photography

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