Selected works from RMIT Culture collections and International Collections

Unknown photographer, Photograph of Clement Meadmore and George Kral, 1958

I love this photograph. It reminds me of Cindy Sherman’s photographic works that were shot to look like they were taken from a narrative film. This particular image is evocative in the way that it makes me question the story behind it, who the people are, what is happening in the time the photo was taken, etc. As an aspiring filmmaker/cinematographer, I’m heavily inspired by cinematic photography, such as this one.

Hugh Ramsay, Untitled (Nude study - female model, half-draped, back view), 1895

This is a beautiful piece of artwork - I always resonate with nude paintings. Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s are one of my favourites. As a woman myself, I think it’s great to celebrate women’s bodies and all of the ‘flaws’ and foibles that come with it. Paintings are a wonderful medium that achieves this. This is a lovely example, especially from an Australian painter. Hugh Ramsay has a very real and sentimental style to his paintings.

RMIT University Design Collection

Hugh Ramsay

Untitled (Nude study - female model, half-draped, back view), 1895 Oil paint on linen canvas

72 x 56.3 cm

Gift of Mrs JO Wicking, 1947

RMIT University Art Collection

Works by Leanne Sta Ana

I can hear the sun

Inspired by a state of prolonged self-isolation, Sta Ana reveals beauty in the truths of solitude and everyday life in I CAN HEAR THE SUN, a coming of age French short film about a young woman who meets someone new on her birthday as she takes a walk in the woods

Short film link: https://youtu.be/bOoRF3mtGpY

Film still

I CAN HEAR THE SUN (Sta Ana, 2020)

Phoebe Thompson

Phoebe Thompson is a multi-disciplinary visual artist and poet living & working on unceded Boon Wurrung land in Naarm. Utilising text, abstraction and representation, their practice places value on intuition and sentimentality, as it investigates the connective overlap of personal catharsis with common experiences. They are currently studying a Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT.