Design and Art Australia Online

In 2002, Barbara Campbell was the University of Melbourne’s Macgeorge Fellow. Her research project, including the study of works held in the Sir Russell and Lady Grimwade Bequest, centred on the corporate and cultural activities of Russell Grimwade and his relationship with the university. Amongst many various interests and entrepreneurial ventures, Russell Grimwade (1879-1955) was renowned for his passion for Australiana and native plants. Campbell’s exhibition and performance examined from a metaphorical as well as a literal documentary perspective Grimwade’s fascination with the eucalypt. Challenging the seemingly arbitrary nature of scientific interpretation and human understanding, Campbell adopts her own unique tools of measurement and assessment, to create a human laboratory, with herself at the centre of the experiment.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/art_past_exh.aspx (28/05/04)