Garage Graphix was an Australian community group of women artists, active between 1981 and 1998.[1]

History

Based in Mount Druitt, Sydney, Garage Graphix was a community group of women artists committed to creating a space for members to freely express their cultural heritage and identity.[2] Created in the garage of an opera singer, it was established by Blacktown Council.[3] A screen printing workshop and design space, the "Garage" produced political and affirmative action posters during the 1980s related to Indigenous Land Rights, Indigenous Women's rights, and other women's rights issues.[4] Garage Graphix exhibited along with Redback Graphix at University Fine Arts Gallery in 1988 in an exhibition titled Shocking Diversity.[5]

The "Garage" operated on the principle that "the people of Western Sydney have the right to play an active role in the way their culture develops".[6] Facilities provided included a photocopier, photographic darkroom, process camera, layout and design area, screen printing workshop, and t-shirt printing "jig".[6]

Further reading

  • The National Gallery of Australia holds over 50 prints by Garage Graphix in its collection including Dispossessed, a poster by Alice Hinton-Bateup,  Kamilaroi/Wonnarua peoples.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Talking Poster Garage Graphix 1981-1998". Blacktown Memories. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Garage Graphix". www.visitpenrith.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  3. ↑ Guppy, Marla. "Cultural Identities in Post Suburbia" (PDF). Western Sydney University. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "'Australia Day Invasion Day' by Wendy Dunn". Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  5. ↑ Ewins, Rod (19 March 1988). "Posters to shake lotus eaters". The Mercury, Hobart.
  6. 1 2 Information leaflet, "Garage Graphix", n.d.. Garage Graphix: Art & Artist Files, held in the National Gallery of Australia Research Library & Archive Collection.
  7. ↑ "Alice Hinton-Bateup, Kamilaroi/Wonnarua peoples - Dispossessed. - Search the Collection, National Gallery of Australia". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
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