Anne Zahalka
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Ann Zahalka is a contemporary Australian photographer.
Her artwork revolves around Australian culture, focusing on themes such as gender role
s, leisure activities and the conventions of art. She has featured in many solo and group exhibitions between 1980 to present, as well as the artwork Welcome to Sydney commissioned by Sydney Airport
in 2002.
Her most recognised image is The Sunbather #2, which is a part of her 1989 exhibition, Bondi: Playground of the Pacific. The appropriation
ironically plays on Max Dupain
's original, Sunbaker
.
Her artwork revolves around Australian culture, focusing on themes such as gender role
Gender role
Gender roles refer to the set of social and behavioral norms that are considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex in the context of a specific culture, which differ widely between cultures and over time...
s, leisure activities and the conventions of art. She has featured in many solo and group exhibitions between 1980 to present, as well as the artwork Welcome to Sydney commissioned by Sydney Airport
Sydney Airport
Sydney Airport may refer to:* Sydney Airport, also known as Kingsford Smith International Airport, in Sydney, Australia* Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport, in Nova Scotia, Canada...
in 2002.
Her most recognised image is The Sunbather #2, which is a part of her 1989 exhibition, Bondi: Playground of the Pacific. The appropriation
Appropriation (art)
Appropriation is a fundamental aspect in the history of the arts . Appropriation can be understood as "the use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work."...
ironically plays on Max Dupain
Max Dupain
Maxwell Spencer Dupain AC was a renowned Australian modernist photographer.-Early life:Dupain received his first camera as a gift in 1924, spurring his interest in photography He later joined the Photographic Society of NSW, and when he left school, he worked for Cecil Bostock in Sydney.-Early...
's original, Sunbaker
Sunbaker
Sunbaker is a 1937 photograph by Australian modernist photographer Max Dupain. The black-and-white photograph depicts the head and shoulders of a man lying on the beach, taken from a low angle...
.