The Garden State. ... Choking to death in Fitzroy. A true air-pollution epic.

Primary Artist

Jill Posters. (1983–1987)

Title

The Garden State. ... Choking to death in Fitzroy. A true air-pollution epic.

Date made

1983

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Carlton View on map Close map

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Category

Poster

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from four stencils

Support

white wove paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Subject description

A group of coughing children playing in a park, the air polluted by fumes. A worked dressed in motor industry overallys is white washing the scene..

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

35420

Accession number

84.527

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 8, 1983/84 (1984-04-10)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra, April 1984.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Fund 1984

Subject categories

Health | Environment: urban

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Jill Posters. | (1983–1987) Australian | Organisation | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013