Bill Henson, Untitled, HW-SV SH68 N23F, archival inkjet pigment print, 127 x 180 cm, edition of 5 + 2 AP

Bill Henson, Untitled, HW-SV SH68 N23F, archival inkjet pigment print, 127 x 180 cm, edition of 5 + 2 AP

Ineffability is the keynote of Henson’s work. Even the most detailed description would not prepare viewers for the experience of standing in front of these images in a darkened room.

—John McDonald

Exhibition Dates: 17 May – 8 June 2019

Entering the transformed gallery from a room of French 19th century art, the impact is stunning…. Ineffability is the keynote of Henson’s work. Even the most detailed description would not prepare viewers for the experience of standing in front of these images in a darkened room…. The landscapes are deceptively straightforward at first glance….Yet the complexity of taking the picture from exactly the right position with the right quality of light is immense. It’s one of the miracles of art that the most difficult and complicated processes result in works of pristine simplicity… With the figure studies, Henson has posed his teenage models in inky darkness….In one of the most striking a girl rests her head on the wrist of a long, thin arm that snakes away out of darkness… The serpentine rhythms of the composition are breathtaking. There’s an immediate, primal charge; a mystery and sensuality; and a sense of mythical, archetypal associations that can be felt but not readily identified.

John McDonald, review of Bill Henson’s exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, 2017

Bill Henson represented Australia at the 46th Venice Biennale in 1995. Henson’s solo exhibitions include: Bill Henson, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (2017); Cloud Landscapes, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2013); Bill Henson: Three Decades of Photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2005); Bill Henson, Centro de Fotografia, University of Salamanca, Spain (2003); Bill Henson, Scalo, Zurich, Switzerland (2001); Bill Henson, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel (1993); Bill Henson Photography, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA (1989); Bill Henson Photographs, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (1990); and Bill Henson Fotografien, Museum Moderner Kunst, Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna (1989).

Henson had his first solo exhibition, at the age of 19, at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1975. The NGV has now acquired over 100 works by Henson, the most significant of any public institution. Henson’s work is held in every major public collection in Australia and many overseas collections including Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Denver Art Museum, USA; Houston Museum of Fine Art, USA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; Sammlung Volpinum, Vienna; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA; Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA; 21C Museum, USA; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and Tate, London.

This is Bill Henson’s first exhibition in Sydney in seven years. It is his tenth exhibition at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

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Bill Henson Untitled, 2017-18; LS-HW SH89 N25B; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + AP 2; enquire
Untitled, 2017-18
LS-HW SH89 N25B
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + AP 2
Bill Henson Untitled, 2017-18; HW-SV SH38 N28B; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2017-18
HW-SV SH38 N28B
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2015-16; LS SH746 N22; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2015-16
LS SH746 N22
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2015-16; CL SH856 N16B; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2015-16
CL SH856 N16B
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson untitled, 2013-14; AH-BO SH21 N7E; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; enquire
untitled, 2013-14
AH-BO SH21 N7E
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Bill Henson Untitled, 2017-18; HW-SV SH52 N7D; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2017-18
HW-SV SH52 N7D
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2017-18; HW-SV SH47 N36B; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2017-18
HW-SV SH47 N36B
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2016-17; CL SH817 N29E; archival inkjet pigment print; 152 x 182 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2016-17
CL SH817 N29E
archival inkjet pigment print
152 x 182 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2012-13; LS SH491 N28; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2012-13
LS SH491 N28
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2014-15; CL SH825 N34C; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2014-15
CL SH825 N34C
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2016-17; LS-HW SH62 N30B; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2016-17
LS-HW SH62 N30B
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2014-15; CL SH675 N2 - CL SH603 N22C; archival inkjet pigment print; 152.4 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + AP 2; enquire
Untitled, 2014-15
CL SH675 N2 - CL SH603 N22C
archival inkjet pigment print
152.4 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + AP 2
Bill Henson Untitled, 2017-18; LS-HW SH78 N14; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 APs; enquire
Untitled, 2017-18
LS-HW SH78 N14
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 APs
Bill Henson Untitled, 2013-14; LS SH542 N21; archival inkjet pigment print; 180 x 127 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2013-14
LS SH542 N21
archival inkjet pigment print
180 x 127 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2009-10; CL SH658 N28B; archival inkjet pigment print; 180 x 127 cm; (paper size); Edition of 5 + AP 2; enquire
Untitled, 2009-10
CL SH658 N28B
archival inkjet pigment print
180 x 127 cm; (paper size)
Edition of 5 + AP 2
Bill Henson Untitled, 2017-18; HW-SV SH68 N23F; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2017-18
HW-SV SH68 N23F
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2016-17; CL SH837 N29; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2016-17
CL SH837 N29
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2012-13; AH-BO SH24 N17B; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; (paper size); Edition of 5 + AP 2; enquire
Untitled, 2012-13
AH-BO SH24 N17B
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm; (paper size)
Edition of 5 + AP 2
Bill Henson Untitled, 2017-18; CL SH840 N13; archival inkjet pigment print; 180 x 127 cm; enquire
Untitled, 2017-18
CL SH840 N13
archival inkjet pigment print
180 x 127 cm
Bill Henson Untitled, 2014-15; LS SH664 N16D; archival inkjet pigment print; 154 x 152 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2014-15
LS SH664 N16D
archival inkjet pigment print
154 x 152 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2016-17; CL SH840 N3B; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2016-17
CL SH840 N3B
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2012-13; LS SH343 N34B; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2012-13
LS SH343 N34B
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson untitled, 2017-18; HW-SV SH69 N35E; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
untitled, 2017-18
HW-SV SH69 N35E
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2016-17; CL SH842 N23; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2016-17
CL SH842 N23
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2014-15; CL SH821 N9E; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2014-15
CL SH821 N9E
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2012-13; LS SH350 N6; archival inkjet pigment print; 127 x 180 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2012-13
LS SH350 N6
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 180 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2016-17; CL SH840 N16B; archival inkjet pigment print; 180 x 127 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2016-17
CL SH840 N16B
archival inkjet pigment print
180 x 127 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2014-15; CL SH816 N29; archival inkjet pigment print; 180 x 127 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2014-15
CL SH816 N29
archival inkjet pigment print
180 x 127 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Bill Henson Untitled, 2014-15; CL SH829 N29C; archival inkjet pigment print; 152.5 x 182 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP; enquire
Untitled, 2014-15
CL SH829 N29C
archival inkjet pigment print
152.5 x 182 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP