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28. Steve Harrison The New Normal 2016
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1. Ian Howard MkI Male (Heavy) Tank rubbing, wax on canvas
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Historic photo of Mk I male (Heavy) Tank
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Martin Drone 2. Ian Howard Pollux RTV-N-15 rubbing, graphite on paper
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1975 (not illustrated)
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Any idea that so called democratic governments have any more than limited power over political social and
3. Ken Whisson   Free-world Face: Martin Lockheed 2006
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economic forces in a fundamentally capitalist world is farcical and unreal.
26. Steve Harrison Collateral Damage 2016
4. Richard Larter Years on…They
9/1970
5. Richard Larter Law ’n ’order 8/1970 (not illustrated)
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6. Fiona Fell
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Private Plight 2016
27. Steve Harrison  Beautiful Scars 2013 (repaired 2016)
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From Manhattan to Hiroshima I made this drawing in 1985-6 as part of the series Hibakusha, the
It seemed many working in these research teams had little grasp
name used to refer to the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
of the catastrophic implications of their work. Others believed
I had recently visited Hiroshima with my then partner Michael
nuclear weapons would bring an end to war.
Callaghan and other Redback artists, and we joined thousands marching for peace on Hiroshima Day. I photographed this young girl amongst the crowd. It was a very hot day and people had made hundreds of brightly coloured origami cranes as symbols of peace. The background is filled with images quoting drawings made by survivors.
In an interview with Scott Maslow in This Week*, Sam Shaw, Manhattan’s creator and executive producer, explains the gestation of the series: “Six or seven years ago, I started writing something set in the present that was about the war on terror…The more that I read about the history of military secrets on this country, and this national security machine, the more it seemed to me that the
The Hibakusha drawings were also deeply affected by journalist
story of the birth of the bomb was an origin story…A whole
John Hersey’s Pulitzer Prize winning 1946 account of the impact
different culture of secrecy in this country was born. And we’ve
of the blast as told by ordinary people who somehow survived
been living in that world ever since.”
the horror. Recently I have been watching the critically acclaimed television series Manhattan, a fascinating fictionalized account of the work and lives of those assigned to the maximum security closed community, the Los Alamos project in New Mexico. This was where the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were developed. Secrecy was enforced to such an extent that
Executive producer Thomas Schlamme goes on: “The story is still going on…You can keep telling this story. The story about the creation of weaponry, and weapons of mass destruction. And who we are as a people. We’re living it. Right now.” Ruth Waller
family members had no idea of the nature of the work going on. The project was imply referred to as “the gadget”.
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7. Ruth Waller   Young Girl at Hiroshima 1984 1986
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8. Robert Parr March Past and the Department of Prevention 1978 painted wood, steel, rubber, leather
In this work legions of soldiers march between towering barriers. Behind the barriers stand the wielders of absolute power whose dominance is ensured by the marching army. In step, uniformed, each man is individually indistinguishable; the soldiers are all faceless; the people whose power the march past acknowledges are also faceless. The monolithic force is confronted by the Department of Prevention armed with four small catapults on wheels. To confront such might with such arcane weapons must be seen as ridiculous. But, to live with dignity in a materialistic world is to appear ridiculous to that world. This interpretation of the work suggest that Robert Parr is challenging us: “Abandon the battalions; take to the catapults”.
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Thoughts on Gallipoli The invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey by allied forces, including Australia and New Zealand, and the slaughter that followed happened a hundred years ago. Since the event so much has been written and discussed about it that it has entered our public consciousness: most people have strong beliefs about what should or shouldn’t have been done differently and what it has meant to Australia’s and New Zealand’s development as nations since.
10. Euan Macleod Mule Gully 2014
Going to the actual place and taking all this baggage made
it
extremely
difficult
to
produce
anything
that
somehow expressed my own personal feelings about the place and the events that happened there a century ago. Anything I (or anyone else) have produced there will also be seen through this veil of contested public property. It indeed seemed a sad, violated place but one of the positives I brought home was a sense of nature working to heal the scars of the past. 9. Euan Macleod Sentry (skeleton)
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2014
Euan Macleod
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11. Rew Hanks The Trojan Tiger versus the Woolly Redcoats
The Trojan Tiger verses the woolly redcoats This linocut is a whimsically interpretation of a John Glover’s painting from 1834 which deceptively depicts the Tasmanian Aboriginals and Europeans living in peace. In this version the Palawa peoples are seen dancing around
a mythical Trojan Tiger preparing to invade Hobart Town. By crossing of the Derwent River they will declare war on the redcoats and reclaim ownership and their stolen lands. Rew Hanks
12. Rew Hanks The Defeat of the Trojan Tiger 2003 linocut (not illustrated)
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13. Robert Parr Sunken Field Piece 1965
Robert Parr, his Sinking Field Piece is sinking into oblivion. But what a progeny has developed from it!
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14. Reg Mombassa Arsenal 2003
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15. Ken Searle  Easy is the Way to the Underworld 2009
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16. Derek O’Connor˜ Hundstage: Wishbone 2014 oil, bone on Time Life book cover
18. Derek O’Connor Hundstage: Reprieve 2016 oil on Time Life book cover
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17. Derek O’Connor Hundstage: A Long Way South to a Reasonable smell of Death 2015 oil on Time Life book cover
19. Derek O’Connor Hundstage: The Homefront 1 2015 oil on Time Life book cover
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20. Ruth Waller
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Bomb Watchers’ Chart in living colour 1982
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24. Evan Salmon Hooligans 2004
22. Evan Salmon Squadron 2004
21. Evan Salmon Larry 2004 oil on linen (not illustrated) 23. Evan Salmon Dorothy 2004 oil on linen (not illustrated)
25. Evan Salmon Veronica 2004
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29. Steve Harrison Divisions Healed 2016
31. Steve Harrison To Russia with Love 2016
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30. Steve Harrison From the Ashes 2016
32. Steve Harrison Recovery from Loss 2016
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33. Steve Harrison  Stability Regained 2016
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List of works
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List of works (cont.)
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Exhibition catalogue Watters Gallery, Sydney 22 November - 10 December 2016 This catalogue is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted by the Copyright Act no part may be reproduced by any other process without written permission.
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34. Euan Macleod SMH Militia 1987
Watters Gallery 109 Riley Street, East Sydney NSW 2010 Ph: (02) 9331 2556 www.wattersgallery.com info@wattersgallery.com Hours: Tues and Sat: 10am - 5pm; Wed Thurs Fri 10am - 7pm
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