Barbara Campbell b. 1961

  • Artist (Performance Artist)
Performance artist. For the final work of her residency at the University of Sydney's Centre for Performance Studies, Campbell inscribed her body with motifs that were only visible under ultra-violet light. She revealed them by sweeping a palm-leaf fan with a concealed UV light across her body. It was designed as a counter-work to the the university's Macleay Museum's exhibition 'Adorned.'
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exhibited at
Barbara Campbell: the Grimwade effect
Date
2003
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

In 2002, Barbara Campbell was the University of Melbourne’s Macgeorge Fellow. Her research project, including the study of works held in the Sir Russell and Lady Grimwade Bequest, centred on the corporate and cultural activities of Russell Grimwade and his relationship with the university. Amongst many various interests and entrepreneurial ventures, Russell Grimwade (1879-1955) was renowned for his passion for Australiana and native plants. Campbell’s exhibition and performance examined from a metaphorical as well as a literal documentary perspective Grimwade’s fascination with the eucalypt. Challenging the seemingly arbitrary nature of scientific interpretation and human understanding, Campbell adopts her own unique tools of measurement and assessment, to create a human laboratory, with herself at the centre of the experiment.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/art_past_exh.aspx (28/05/04)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Performance, Installation
exhibited at
Flesh winnow: Barbara Campbell: six peformances 1997-2001
Date
2002
Place
Department of Performance Studies, University of Sydney
Description

A 'retrospective’ of Barbara Campbell’s performances from 1997 – 2001. The catalogue contains essays by 7 prominent art theory and art history writers, including Joan Kerr.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
State Library of QLD catalogue; National Library of Australia catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Flesh winnow: Barbara Campbell: six performances 1997-2001. Sydney: Power Publications, 2002
ISBN 1864875178

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Performance
exhibited at
(Performance of Inflorescent)
Date
14 April 2000 - 15 April 2000
Place
Gorman House, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Backwash
Date
1993
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Performance
exhibited at
The diamond necklace affair
Date
1992
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Performance
curator of
Mike Parr
Date
1983
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Performance

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  • (Performance of Inflorescent) (exhibited at)
  • The diamond necklace affair (exhibited at)
  • Backwash (exhibited at)
  • Flesh winnow: Barbara Campbell: six peformances 1997-2001 (exhibited at)
  • Barbara Campbell: the Grimwade effect (exhibited at)
  • Mike Parr (curator of)
  • (Performance of Inflorescent) (exhibited at)