USA+AUSTRALIA | VISUAL ARTS
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL AND CENTRE FOR
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENT
CROSSING
PATHS WITH
VIVIAN MAIER
CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY
PHOTOGRAPHY (CCP)
CENTRE FOR
CONTEMPORARY
PHOTOGRAPHY
Fri 3 – Sun 26 Oct
Wed – Fri, 11am – 6pm
Sat & Sun, 12pm – 5pm
Closed Mon & Tue
Official Opening
Sat 11 Oct at 2pm
FREE
melbournefestival.com.au/vivian
Centre for Contemporary
Photography 03 9417 1549
ccp.org.au
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
CURATED BY NAOMI CASS &
KARRA REES
During h er lifetime, Vivian Maier
produced more than 100,000
photographic images, which
remained undiscovered until
2007, two years before her death.
Exhibited for the first time in
Australia to coincide with the
Australian premiere of Finding
Vivian Maier, CCP celebrates
this reluctant artist’s timely
relevance, juxtaposing her work
with contemporary Australian
photography, performance and
video.
Patrick Pound responds to Maier’s
poignant street photography
with second-hand images, while
Debra Phillips and David Wadelton
make an inventory of the city
and its quirky features. Maier’s
self-portraits reverberate with
Australian women artists who
turn the camera on themselves in
performative ways, in the work of
Cherine Fahd, Gabriella Mangano
and Silvana Mangano, Clare Rae,
Simone Slee and Kellie Wells
ARTISTS Vivian Maier, Cherine
Fahd, Gabriella Mangano and
Silvana Mangano, Debra Phillips,
Patrick Pound, Clare Rae, Simone
Slee, David Wadelton, Kellie Wells.
Vivian Maier’s works appear courtesy of
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.
Education and Public Programs presented in
conjunction with Australian Research Council
Centre of Excellence for the History
of Emotions at The University of Melbourne.
“Maier’s recent, sudden ascent from
reclusive eccentric to esteemed
photographer is one of the more
remarkable stories in American
photography.” SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE (USA)
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