Brummels: Australia's first gallery of photography.

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Title

Brummels: Australia's first gallery of photography.

Venues

Monash Gallery Of Art (22 October 2011 – 22 January 2012)

Date

(2011 – 2012)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (NSW). Photographs

Documentation

Invitation

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Brummels gallery of Photography was established in 1972 by the promineent photographer Rennie Ellis. As such, it was the first gallery dedicated to showing photography in this country [Australia]. Over an eight year period Brummels not only hosted a remarkable rangeof exhibitions by many artists, but it was also the social scene and campaign headquarters fora generation of photographers lobbying for artistic recognition. [Monash Gallery of Art media]