STUDeNT LIFe: MaX DUPaIN aT THe UNIVeRSITY OF SYDNeY – CHaU CHaK WING MUSeUM

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This photographic exhibition introduces Dupain’s modernist approach to photography in a brilliant and frequently hilarious series of candid shots.

Max Dupain

The Australian modernist photographer Max Dupain (1911-1992) documented student life at the University in the early 1950s in a brilliant and frequently hilarious series of candid shots. They show the range of student cultures and interests in the immediate postwar years. The exhibition introduces Dupain’s modernist approach to photography which combines formal architectural backdrops with candid documentary studies of student life. One series displays the student floats on which they performed and demonstrated major issues of the day. The Petrov affair inspired one of the floats in 1954, another includes anti-bomb demonstrations.

Chau Chau Wing Museum

Art, science, history and ancient cultures The Chau Chak Wing Museum brings three powerful collections to a stunning, purpose-built space at the University of Sydney. Located in the heart of the University of Sydney, the Chau Chak Wing Museum was designed to share the University of Sydney’s vast collections with the broader community.