Google Me This
a group exhibition of over 50 self-portraits
Photographer: Carmen Reid, 2011
DIANA ALI SANTINA AMATO ADAM HOSS AYRES
ELLEN BENSON JEANNIE BROWN JADE BURSTALL
JAMES CAREY EDDY CARROLL DAVID COLLINS
PAUL COMPTON GREG CREEK CATH DA COSTA
ANITA BELIA REBECCA DELANGE ANGELA EAST
BEAU EMMETT NESS FLETT KUBOTA FUMIKAZA
GINNY GRAYSON BONNIE HANLON EMMA IKIN
COLLEEN JONES ALISTER KARL SKYE KELLY
ANNE KWASNER NATHALIE LEVI SAYRAPHIM LOTHIAN
RACHEL MACBRYDE NATALIE MCCARTHY
ELYSS MCCLEARY GLENN MCCLEARY TED MCKINLAY
NATALIE MCQUADE HERBERT NG DANIEL O’BRIEN
SIMON PERRY MISHELLE PREDIKA AHMARNYA PRICE
KARLA PRINGLE RENUKA RAJIV CARMEN REID
PETE REID JAMES RICHES ROBBIE ROWLANDS
EMMA ROCHESTER MARK RODDA MIGNON STEELE
LINDA STUDENA CHLOE VALLANCE GEORGINA WARD
EMMA WATERS SHANE WELLS LEX WICK
ELYSS MCCLEARY GLENN MCCLEARY TED MCKINLAY
NATALIE MCQUADE HERBERT NG DANIEL O’BRIEN
SIMON PERRY MISHELLE PREDIKA AHMARNYA PRICE
KARLA PRINGLE RENUKA RAJIV CARMEN REID
PETE REID JAMES RICHES ROBBIE ROWLANDS
EMMA ROCHESTER MARK RODDA MIGNON STEELE
LINDA STUDENA CHLOE VALLANCE GEORGINA WARD
EMMA WATERS SHANE WELLS LEX WICK
11th May - 5th June 2011
Opens Wednesday 11th May from 6 - 8pm
Gallery Hours are Wed - Sun 12 - 5pm
Ellen Benson
Nancy Gates is SUDDENLY Ellen Benson, 2011.
Digital print
Simon Perry
Dr. Perry's Eureka Brain Tonic, 2011
Found Bottle, digital print
Photographer: Elyss McCleary, 2011
Mishelle Pheonix-Predika Jellyfish, 2011.Digital printPhotographer: Elyss McCleary
Robbie RowlandsInhale, 2011 Vacuum cleaner, blue shorts and mixed media. Represented by Arc One Gallery Melbourne.
Angela East Cello, 2011Textile
Georgina Ward're-emerge',2011Resin,copper,hair and kenzanPhotographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Paul ComptonPortrait of the artist that becomes a Yowie that plays Trombone, 2011Pen, ink, tea on paper
Beau Emmett ERGO (mis) NOMIC, 2011 Mixed MediaPhotographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Mignon Steele I Could Knock on your Door,(detail) 2011Mixed media on board.Photographer: Elyss McCleary, 2011
Mark RoddaWool Man, 2011Watercolour on paperRepresented by Utopian Slumps Gallery, Melbourne.Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011. 
Carmen ReidOperatic Portrait of Carmen, 'The Total Female Animal' 2011Mixed media wall sculpturePhotographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Carmen ReidOperatic Portrait of Carmen, 'The Total Female Animal'(detail) 2011Mixed media wall sculpturePhotographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Shane WellesDon't Mess with Texas, 2011Digital Print
Santina AmatoBeloved, 2011Digital video installationPhotographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Ahmarnya PriceTalk of the Weather with Tippi Hendron as Marnee and Kate Bush as Peter Reich,(detail) 2011Mixed Media on board Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011 
Jade BurstallLetter to Daniel from Jade,2011DVD, mixed mediaPhotographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Jade BurstallLetter to Daniel from Jade,2011DVD, mixed media
Glenn McClearyDoppelganger Dissapointment, 2011 Digital drawing
(L-R) Rebecca DeLangeUntitled, 2011-05-11, 2011Play-dough on plywood plinthElyss McCleary A pom-pom screen saver, 2011Gouache, marker and slide projectorPhotographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Pete ReidPrimate Matches, 2011Cardboard, wood, matches, acrylic,paper and pva
Ginny GraysonFacebook_gg159969319, 2011 Oil on paper Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Eddy CarrollEddie Carroll 1933-2010, Canadian voice over actor who in 1973 became voice of Jiminy Cricket, 2011Voice recording and ipodPhotographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Adam Hoss Ayres Morph-Queen, 2011. Steel, bone and electrical wire. Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Herbert Ng, Herbert's Lost, 2011.marker, acrylic on cardboard.Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Greg Creek Portrait as Greg Creek-2nd Interation,(detail) 2011 Mixed Media on paper
Anne KwasnerPrincess Anne Kwasner (detail ) 2011Pencil on board.
Linda StudenaStudena population, 2011
Oil on wood, 2011
“Google Me This” is a group exhibition based on artist’s self-portraits. The show presents an unusual approach to what self-portraiture can be with a group of works that takes the artist’s name, rather than character as a basis for identity. Curators Carmen Reid and Elyss McCleary have given over 50 artist’s free reign to produce a work using the same basic starting point; to conduct a Google search of their own name and create a “self”-portrait that interprets the online results.
Taken as only one portion of a multi-faceted life, a portrait is always a constructed depiction of an identity and provides opportunity for manipulation of self-image, even possible re-invention.
The artist’s self portrait is a reflexive and introspective action often made in a directed manner that represents the artist as not only a unique individual, but also as a unique artist with a persona distinguishable from other artists. The key concept is that of the “self” and how a sense of self is captured by the artist through their chosen medium.
The concept of the self is massively expanded when the internet is added to the mix. “Google Me This” takes one aspect of the self, the name, and asks, somewhat tongue in cheek “Who am I, and who are you and what are you doing with my name”?
With distraction and short attention spans rife, an innocent, if narcissistic urge to google one’s own name can open up a minefield as our namesake’s lives are revealed in tantalising glimpes of parallel worlds. Content connected to our names in the public domain is inevitably a fragmented array of information that builds a series of impressions but leaves plenty of room for the imagination to fill in the gaps. Potentially intriguing, amusing, horrifying or awe inspiring, there is hard evidence our name’s have been busy forging different lives and we had no say in it. We may find that one of our most distinguishing features, our name is shared and portrayed by others in ways we may not approve of.
The artists in the show are a motley mix of emerging and established artists, based predominantly in Melbourne but also interstate and overseas. The self-portraits they have made for “Google Me This” are interpretive portraits – fictional portrayals of real people who share our names. The interpretations have been made through mediums including drawing, video, installation, sculpture, and photography. Many of the exhibiting artists have made work employing mediums or sensibilities outside of their normal practice.
*Excerpt from "Google Me This" essay by Carmen Reid, 2011
"The Janet Holmes a Court Artists' Grant is a NAVA initiative, made possible through the generous sponsorship of Mrs Janet Holmes a Court and through the support of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts".
Nancy Gates is SUDDENLY Ellen Benson, 2011.
Digital print
Dr. Perry's Eureka Brain Tonic, 2011
Found Bottle, digital print
Photographer: Elyss McCleary, 2011
Mishelle Pheonix-Predika
Jellyfish, 2011.
Digital print
Photographer: Elyss McCleary
Robbie Rowlands
Inhale, 2011
Vacuum cleaner, blue shorts and mixed media.
Represented by Arc One Gallery Melbourne.
Angela East
Cello, 2011
Textile
Georgina Ward
're-emerge',2011
Resin,copper,hair and kenzan
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Paul Compton
Portrait of the artist that becomes a Yowie that plays Trombone, 2011
Pen, ink, tea on paper
Beau Emmett
ERGO (mis) NOMIC, 2011
Mixed Media
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Mignon Steele
I Could Knock on your Door,(detail) 2011
Mixed media on board.
Photographer: Elyss McCleary, 2011
Mark Rodda
Wool Man, 2011
Watercolour on paper
Represented by Utopian Slumps Gallery, Melbourne.
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011.
Carmen Reid
Operatic Portrait of Carmen, 'The Total Female Animal' 2011
Mixed media wall sculpture
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Carmen ReidOperatic Portrait of Carmen, 'The Total Female Animal'(detail) 2011Mixed media wall sculpturePhotographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Shane WellesDon't Mess with Texas, 2011Digital Print
Santina Amato
Beloved, 2011
Digital video installation
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Ahmarnya Price
Talk of the Weather with Tippi Hendron as Marnee and Kate Bush as Peter Reich,(detail) 2011
Mixed Media on board
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Jade Burstall
Letter to Daniel from Jade,2011
DVD, mixed media
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Jade BurstallLetter to Daniel from Jade,2011DVD, mixed media
Glenn McCleary
Doppelganger Dissapointment, 2011
Digital drawing
(L-R) Rebecca DeLange
Untitled, 2011-05-11, 2011
Play-dough on plywood plinth
Elyss McCleary
A pom-pom screen saver, 2011
Gouache, marker and slide projector
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Pete Reid
Primate Matches, 2011
Cardboard, wood, matches, acrylic,paper and pva
Ginny Grayson
Facebook_gg159969319, 2011
Oil on paper
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Eddy Carroll
Eddie Carroll 1933-2010, Canadian voice over actor who in 1973 became voice of Jiminy Cricket, 2011
Voice recording and ipod
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Adam Hoss Ayres
Morph-Queen, 2011.
Steel, bone and electrical wire.
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Herbert Ng,
Herbert's Lost, 2011.
marker, acrylic on cardboard.
Photographer: Elyss McCleary 2011
Greg Creek Portrait as Greg Creek-2nd Interation,(detail) 2011 Mixed Media on paper
Anne Kwasner
Princess Anne Kwasner (detail ) 2011
Pencil on board.
Linda Studena
Studena population, 2011
Oil on wood, 2011
“Google Me This” is a group exhibition based on artist’s self-portraits. The show presents an unusual approach to what self-portraiture can be with a group of works that takes the artist’s name, rather than character as a basis for identity. Curators Carmen Reid and Elyss McCleary have given over 50 artist’s free reign to produce a work using the same basic starting point; to conduct a Google search of their own name and create a “self”-portrait that interprets the online results.
Taken as only one portion of a multi-faceted life, a portrait is always a constructed depiction of an identity and provides opportunity for manipulation of self-image, even possible re-invention.
The artist’s self portrait is a reflexive and introspective action often made in a directed manner that represents the artist as not only a unique individual, but also as a unique artist with a persona distinguishable from other artists. The key concept is that of the “self” and how a sense of self is captured by the artist through their chosen medium.
The concept of the self is massively expanded when the internet is added to the mix. “Google Me This” takes one aspect of the self, the name, and asks, somewhat tongue in cheek “Who am I, and who are you and what are you doing with my name”?
With distraction and short attention spans rife, an innocent, if narcissistic urge to google one’s own name can open up a minefield as our namesake’s lives are revealed in tantalising glimpes of parallel worlds. Content connected to our names in the public domain is inevitably a fragmented array of information that builds a series of impressions but leaves plenty of room for the imagination to fill in the gaps. Potentially intriguing, amusing, horrifying or awe inspiring, there is hard evidence our name’s have been busy forging different lives and we had no say in it. We may find that one of our most distinguishing features, our name is shared and portrayed by others in ways we may not approve of.
The artists in the show are a motley mix of emerging and established artists, based predominantly in Melbourne but also interstate and overseas. The self-portraits they have made for “Google Me This” are interpretive portraits – fictional portrayals of real people who share our names. The interpretations have been made through mediums including drawing, video, installation, sculpture, and photography. Many of the exhibiting artists have made work employing mediums or sensibilities outside of their normal practice.
*Excerpt from "Google Me This" essay by Carmen Reid, 2011
*Excerpt from "Google Me This" essay by Carmen Reid, 2011
"The Janet Holmes a Court Artists' Grant is a NAVA initiative, made possible through the generous sponsorship of Mrs Janet Holmes a Court and through the support of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts".
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