Visual Diary 44 (c.1994-96)

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This album contains a rich collection of source material, notes etc., mostly dating from 1996, but also some material from 1994-5 (and earlier). The contents have been boxed separately by the SLV, with the following pagination (select details noted):

• p.1: misc.inc.outline bird source (cf. Little Bird 1995 [W/P]) and Patrick Caulfield postcard (verso: text from Marco Livingstone)
• p.2: Outline source for Theatrical Facade images
• p.3: photos of High Fenced (1996) in progress (verso inscriptions note date Sept.96 and address of house represented)
• p.5: image of a man seeing his logos from a train (modified comic-book source, related to Arkley’s collaboration with Peter Tyndall)
• pp.7-8: more photos of High Fenced (1996) in progress, including Alison Burton adding colour, and Arkley spraying details
• p.10: photos of High Fenced (1996) and Theatrical Façade 1996 [Canberra] in the studio together.
• pp.13-14: several photos of  ‘House with Tree’ canvas and W/P version, dated August 1996 (dated Oct.1996)
• p.16: page of source images for projected night houses: detail reproduced in Carnival Fig.4.30
• p.18 (reproduced here): photo of Arkley viewing Melbourne, with the former Gas & Fuel buildings in the background: possibly a source image for Untitled [‘Man looking onto cityscape’] (1994?)
• p.19: night images, including postcard of Brisbane (with message to Arkley & Elizabeth Gower from John Nixon, dated 12/1/80)
• p.20: photo of Riteroom (1998) in process, with sprayed flowers added.
• p.25: photo of Arkley in front of High Fenced (1996) (with verso note as taken at Art Fair Oct.1996); clipping of Scott Burton table