Return to ANZAC Cove – ‘Your Friend The Enemy’
Dates & times
Sat 11 April — Sun 17 May 2015
Image: Euan Macleod, 2014. Courtesy of the artist, Watters Gallery, Sydney and Niagra Galleries, Melbourne.
STANLEY RUSSELLS TOP 3/5/14
Oil on polyester 53 x 65.5cm
During two expeditions, one in 2013, one in 2014, groups of Australian and New Zealand artists set up their easels in the Dardanelles, revisiting what was once called âthe most sacred corner of Australian soil.â Tens of thousands of young men had lost their lives here during the 1914-18 war.
This exhibition portrays a landscape of tragic memory via the responses of 12 contemporary artists â Elisabeth Cummings, Idris Murphy, Euan Macleod, Guy Maestri, Steve Lopes, Deirdre Bean, Peter OâDoherty, Amanda Penrose Hart, Leo Robba, Luke Sciberras, Michael Shepherd, John Walsh and the filmmaker Bruce Inglis.
The exhibitionâs title, âYour Friend the Enemy,â originates in a letter written by Idris Charles Pike, the grandfather of artist Idris Murphy. The phrase testifies to an extraordinary relationship between the enemy camps.
During periodic ceasefires, Turkish soldiers would haul tobacco and papers over no-manâs-land into the ANZAC trenches, in exchange for biscuits and jam. On one occasion there was a note attached, signing off âfrom your friend, the enemy.â
A parallel to this exhibition, consisting of additional works from the same excursions, will be held concurrently at Sydneyâs SH Ervin Gallery and a special edition of Artist Profile magazine will appear in conjunction with the event. The project received major sponsorship from the paint manufacturers Winsor & Newton.
More information on the “Your Friend The Enemy” website, here.
Read John McDonald’s article
A CATALOGUE for the exhibition is on sale at the front desk of the Drill Hall Gallery or can be ordered on line.
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- Euan Macleod, Stanley, Russells Top 3/5/14 2014, oil on polyester, 53 x 65.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist, Watters Gallery, Sydney and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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- Euan MacLeod, Diptych, on the Road 2014, oil on polyester, courtesy of the artist, Watters Gallery Sydney and Niagara Galleries Melbourne
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- Idris Murphy, Memorial Anzac Cove 2014, acrylic on paper, courtesy of the artist and King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
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- Idris Murphy, Half Moon at The Nek 2014, acrylic on aluminium, courtesy of the artist and King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
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- Deirdre Bean, Lee Enfield .303 (Rosemary) 2014, watercolour and graphite on 300gsm arches hot pressed paper, courtesy of the artist
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- Amanda Penrose Hart ⢠The Hill 2014 ⢠Rhododendron Ridge 2014 ⢠New Moon 2014 ⢠From the Water to the Ridge 2014, oil on paper, courtesy of the artist and King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
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- Idris Murphy ⢠Shadows at The Nek 2014 ⢠View to the Monument 2014 ⢠Hill 60 Gallipoli 2014, acrylic on timber, courtesy of the artist and King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
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- Michael Shepherd, Distance Looks Our Way 2013, acrylic on board, courtesy of the artist
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- Luke Sciberras, Uphill battle, Gallipoli 2014, oil on timber, courtesy of the artist and Olsen Irwin Galllery, Sydney
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- Robert Linnegar, Photos of artistâs trip 2013 + 2014, courtesy of Robert Linnegar
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- Elisabeth Cummings, View to Russellâs Top 2014, oil on canvas, courtesy of the artist and King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
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- Guy Maestri ⢠Medal for Lieutenant Peter Constantine Vasey, aged 36, no known grave 2014 ⢠Medal for Lieutenant Graham Wareham, aged 24, no known grave 2014 ⢠Medal for Lieutenant Thomas Gerald Norman Screaton, aged 23, no known grave 2014 ⢠Medal for Lieutenant Arthur Henry Torres Mountain, aged 22, no known grave 2014 ⢠Medal for Lieutenant Herbert Edwin Williams, aged 21, no known grave 2014, oil on linen, courtesy of the artist and Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
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- Guy Maestri, After-life pt1 + 2 2014, oil on linen, courtesy of the artist and Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
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- Euan MacLeod, Wrestle (Gallipoli Peninsula) 2014, oil on polyester, courtesy of the artist Watters Gallery Sydney and Niagara Galleries Melbourne
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- Euan MacLeod, Scrum 2014, oil on acrylic on polyester, courtesy of the artist, Watters Gallery Sydney and Niagara Galleries Melbourne
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- Amanda Penrose Hart, Suvla Bay from The Nek 2014, gouache on paper, courtesy of the artist, Sue Woods and King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
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- Jonathan Throsby, Along the cove 2015, oil on plywood, courtesy of the artist
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- John Walsh ⢠The very reverend Turkish Nightingales 2014 ⢠Glorious war 2014, oil on fortified paper, courtesy of the artist
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- Steve Lopes, Trench – The Nek 2014, oil on board, courtesy of the artist and Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
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- Peter OâDoherty, Mule Gully 2014, acrylic on paper, courtesy of the artist and King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
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- Leo Robba, All works oil on metal, 2014, courtesy of the artist and King Street gallery
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- Bruce Inglis, Return to Anzac cove 2015, documentary film (duration 15 mins)
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- Hubert Wilkins, Bones of Turks and rotting clothing in front of Leaneâs Trench c. 26 Feb 1919, print from glass plate negative, Australian War Memorial G01949
Photo credit Rob Little
Euan Macleod, Stanley, Russells Top 3/5/14 2014, oil on polyester, 53 x 65.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist, Watters Gallery, Sydney and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
