by Steve Tierney & Tanja Bruckner

February 6 to March 1, 2020

Steve Tierney is a mixed media artist and designer known for his striking, minimalist collages assembled using images cut from vintage magazines of the 40's and 50's. Tanja Bruckner has made a name creating avant-garde and theatrical photography for the commercial fashion industry, and regularly exhibiting her own portrait & landscape photography.

Growing up as teenage friends in Sydney, the two lost contact for many years. During this time they each found themselves exploring themes of representation, gender and popular culture. They connected again recently when Tierney approached Bruckner with the desire to create his own source material by working directly with a photographer, and the two developed their ideas into their current practice of using large scale imagery and non-traditional materials.

Collage, Photography & the Body is part introduction, retrospective, and teaser. The artists will present works spanning ten years of practise, hinting at what audiences can expect from their next major piece - Reflection, a large scale art installation presented by the Port Fairy Winter Weekends Festival in 2020.