On Parramatta Road - last weekend

On Parramatta Road is open Saturday and Sunday.
11am-5pm until May 29.

Gallery drinks all weekend at Articulate project space, 497 Parramatta Rd, Leichhardt.

The solo exhibition by photographer Lyndal Irons preserves Australia’s first highway, a stretch perpetually threatened by change. It is a field study of life on a road considered dead, across car yards, brothels, bed shops and around 20 suburbs of greater Sydney. Part documentary photography and part road trip, On Parramatta Road restores a sense of journey to a road better known for daily transit.

Supported by the 2015 Pool Grant and The POOL COLLECTIVE. Part of the 2016 Head On Photo Festival. Sponsored by SUNSTUDIOS.

Media

On Parramatta Road exhibition a tribute to the life of a Sydney thoroughfare, Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/sydney-arts/on-parramatta-road-exhibition-a-tribute-to-the-life-of-a-sydney-thoroughfare-20160524-gp26b7.html
Photography exhibition reveals the secrets of Parramatta Road: http://www.smh.com.au/national/clique/photography-exhibition-reveals-the-secrets-of-parramatta-road-20160419-goa51m.html
The Thousands: http://thethousands.com.au/sydney/look/lyndal-irons-on-parramatta-road
Sydney Outsider: http://www.sydneyoutsider.com.au/SydneyOutsider/on-the-road/
PAN Magazine: http://www.sydneyoutsider.com.au/SydneyOutsider/on-the-road/
South Sydney Herald: http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/roadside-reportage/#.V0OMSKR97IW
Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3574248/Pictures-weird-wacky-sights-Parramatta-Road.html

On Parramatta Road opened last night

photos: James Ambrose, courtesy of POOL COLLECTIVE.

On Parramatta Road opens Friday 13 May, 6-8pm

Opening Friday 13 May 6-8pm

Open Wed - Sun 11am - 5pm 13 -29 May

In The 2015 Pool Grant: On Parramatta Road Lyndal Irons documents and preserves Australia’s first highway, a stretch perpetually threatened by change. It is a field study of life on a road considered dead, across car yards, brothels, bed shops and around 20 suburbs of greater Sydney.

“I aim to restore a sense of journey to a road better known for daily transit. Part documentary photography and part road trip, my series preserves today's road for future reference and encourages a deepened experience of everyday life.” - Lyndal Irons. 

  

On Parramatta Road is a long term project, consisting of work previously recognised as a finalist in numerous photographic prizes, including the Australian Life Photographic Prize (2011,2012) and the Bowness Prize (2015). As recipient of the 2015 Pool Grant, Lyndal has been supported and mentored by The POOL COLLECTIVE. The Pool Grant provides emerging artists with support and mentoring to complete a photographic project - the new recipient of the 2016 grant will be announced on the opening night of On Parramatta Road.

see more in Sydney Morning Herald

On Parramatta Road is part of the 2016 Head On Photo Festival and supported by The POOL COLLECTIVE.

Contact Lyndal Irons http://lyndalirons.com.au/