Devonport Regional Gallery

Past & Present Tense: 20 Years Of The Robinson Collection

Past & Present Tense: 20 Years Of The Robinson Collection

Exhibition Dates: 15 July – 27 August, 2017
Opening Friday 14 July, 6 pm
MAIN GALLERY
Curated by Erin Wilson

This year marks 90 years since Robert (Bert) Vaudry Robinson established his photographic studio in Devonport in 1927, and 20 years since the first exhibition of the Robinsons’ photographs, Robinson & Son: A Photographic Collection was held at Devonport Regional Gallery. Over the past twenty years, the Robinson Collection has been a source of intrigue, nostalgia and reverence for curators, artists, community members and visitors alike. This survey exhibition revisits two decades of Robinson Collection exhibitions, while marking the beginning of the next chapter of the Robinson archive.

Image: Bert Robinson Studio, Robinson Collection, Circa 1930, DCC Permanent Collection R2735.1