Bill Henson Untitled #80, 1998/1999/2000 JPC SH 63 N16 Archival inkjet print 127 x 180 cm Edition of 5 + 2 A/Ps Image courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney Bill Henson’s photographs arrest moments of vulnerability and capture the world of youth through the lens of Classicism. A seminal and internationally acclaimed contemporary artist, Henson’s extraordinary images describe the subtle shifts that occur between childhood and adulthood, light and dark, the city and its outskirts. Untitled #7 is one of three Bill Henson images created between 1998-2000 that Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery presents at Art | Basel, Hong Kong 2015. The cool palette of these works is illuminated by punctuations of chiaroscuro, transforming his contemporary subject into a dramatic, formal figure. Bill Henson represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1995. Henson’s solo exhibitions include: ‘Cloud Landscapes’ at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2003), Bill Henson: Three Decades of Photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2005), Bill Henson, Centro de Fotografia, University of Salamanca, Spain (2003), Bill Henson, Scalo, Zurich, Switzerland (2001), Bill Henson, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (1993), Bill Henson Photography, Denver Art Museum (1989), Bill Henson Photographs, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, (1990), Bill Henson Fotografien and Museum Moderner Kunst, Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna (1989). Henson’s work has been included in significant group exhibitions Recent highlights include: Australia, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2013), Teen City, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, (2008), Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England (2006), The Children's Hour, Museum of New Art, Detroit, USA (2005), Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, International Center of Photography, New York (2003) and CAPC Musée d'Art contemporain de Bordeaux, France (2000). Henson’s work is held by major public collections in Australia and many overseas collections including the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
