Ann Howie 'Beach Body + Towel' - collected by Elizabeth portrait

Ann Howie 'Beach Body + Towel' - collected by Elizabeth portraitAnn Howie was a founding member of Roar Studios, one of Melbournes earliest artist run initiatives. Conceived as a proverbial roar against the art establishment, Howie and her fellow artists who included David Larwill, Giardino Pasquale and Mark Schaller set about dismantling societys expectations of image making. An evocative scene and a nod to Australias deeply entrenched beach culture, this work features a distinctly Roar styled figure glancing

sculpture and performance

Tremlett delved into the tales of the notorious figures like Ned Kelly

The graphic forms are animated by deliberately irregular

Dutch troops had withdrawn and Indonesia had declared independence

An impression of another work from this series is represented at the Australian War Memorial

At its most basic

A 60s comic book style hooded batman

Like stills in a film

For some historians however

bears the artist’s seal and thumb print lower centre

Christopher RIMMER (1963 - )

'Kelly Gang