East Antarctica 1915 no. 3

Ian North
Australia
1945

East Antarctica 1915 no. 3
2012-15
inkjet pigment print with charcoal on paper
Place made
Adelaide
Medium
inkjet pigment print with charcoal on paper
Edition
unique
Dimensions
55.0 x 148.0 cm (image & sheet)
Credit line
Gift of Helen Bowden 2020
Accession number
20202Ph14
Signature and date
Signed on verso u.l., pen & ink, "I North". Dated, printed label on verso u.l., "2015"
Media category
Photograph
Collection area
Australian photographs
Copyright
© Ian North


  • Antarctica: five responses from the collection, 2020-2021


    Ian North in his series East Antarctica 1915 draws attention to the connection between the imperial project behind the first expeditions to Antarctica and the catastrophe of the First World War. North travelled to Antarctica in 2012 on a voyage commemorating the 100th anniversary of Douglas Mawson’s Australasian Antarctica Expedition. He photographed the environment and, on his return to Adelaide, drew over the top of his prints in charcoal, adding sunken boats and aeroplanes from the Great War. His series East Antarctica 1915 draws direct comparisons between exploration and warfare.

     

    Maria Zagala, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs

  • East Antarctica 1915

    GAGPROJECTS | Greenaway Art Gallery, 1 April 2015 – 16 April 2015

  • Antarctica: Five responses

    Art Gallery of South Australia, 5 December 2020 – 26 April 2021
  • [Journal] AGSA Magazine.