Selected works from RMIT Culture collections and International Collections

Ogawa Kazumasa, Lotus Flowers, 1887–1897

Regarded as a pioneer in the field of photography and photomechanical printing, Ogawa Kazumasa’s work was first introduced to me when traveling Japan in early 2019. Since my introduction to his work, I intermittently visit his works, drawn to the level of detail, where each image contains a world within itself.

Robert Pataki, Logo design for Neo Technics, 1987-1996 This work by Robert Pataki brings a certain nostalgia to it. My early years of childhood was an indoctrination into the T.V, every present at dinner time and as a keep quiet tool. When I see this particular aesthetic - the bright and bold colours. the strong use of line, I reflect on my early childhood in the 90’s.

Robert Pataki, designer, Logo design for Neo Technics’ (1987 – 1996), photograph, 30.5 x 20.2cm, RMIT Design Archives, Gift of Jackie and Robert Pataki, 2012. Robert Pataki was the Co-director Neo Technics and an industrial designer. 0108.2012.0011

Robin Boyd, Black and white photography of model of Wynn house, 1954

I loved my early formal education in Landscape Architecture. The transition from high school to university? Not so much. It was a leap that I was not ready for and often was lost with the ambiguity of theory, and the academic world. So, to ground myself, I went back to where I was comfortable - making models, often of architectural forms. Robin Boyd was an early inspiration in making and representation. Black and white, for me, has always produced qualities that are lost when colour is introduced.

Donated

0020.2008.0858