Liz Ashburn b. 1939

Also known as Elizabeth Ashburn, Elizabeth Corderoy
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
Liz Ashburn is a feminist installation artist whose work has long been concerned with social issues, especially the impact of war and conflict. For many years she taught at the institution that eventually became known as the College of Fine Arts, UNSW and had a profound impact on generations of students.
Tags: Environment, War and conflict, Feminism and Art
exhibited at
Traces in the Landscape: on the Edge of Greta
Date
1 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
Place
Articulate project space, 497 Parramatta Rd, Leichhardt, Australia
Description

Photographs by Vivienne Dadour in collaboration with Liz Ashburn on an archeological investigation of a site near Greta in the Hunter Valley. The site had formerly been used as both an Army camp during World War II and later as a migrant hostel.

exhibited at
Explosive Forces: Fear & Destruction in Conflict
Date
6 August 2010 - 22 August 2022
Place
John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Liz Ashburn’s exploration of the dynamics of power with images, form and text

exhibited at
Iraq Suite
Date
2008 - 2009
Place
Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Vic.
exhibited at
'What Comes After War?' Afghanistan, Australia and Iraq.
Date
18 August 2005 - 3 September 2005
Place
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, 2011, Australia
Description

The rich colours and intricate compositions of traditional miniature painting are an unlikely form of war documentation in the age of embedded journalism, selective briefings and non-stop cable television.

Tags
War, The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://crossart.com.au/home/index.php/archive/230-what-comes-after-war-elizabeth-ashburn-a-abdul-karim-rahimi-miniature-paintings-of-afghanistan-australia-and-iraq-18-august-to-3-september-2005
curator of
Invisible Realm
Date
9 October 2004
Place
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, 2011, Australia
Description

Vivienne Dadour’s shadowy artworks speak to important issues of our times. Invisible Realm honors the generations of her family who, in the late nineteenth century, settled in an area of Redfern and Waterloo, known as the ‘Syrian Quarter’.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://crossart.com.au/home/index.php/archive/239-vivienne-dadour-qinvisible-realmq-9-october-2004
exhibited at
Towers of Torture
Date
1988
Place
Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Description

Towers of Torture was an exhibition curated by Therese Kenyon, as a critique of Alan Bond’s connections to South American totalitarian regimes.

Tags
political art, protest art, Alan Bond
exhibited at
Liz Ashburn: Death and Enclosure
Date
1987
Place
First Draft Gallery, Sydney, NSW