Steve Rosendale 'I Was A Teenage Narcissist' the field revisited the National Gallery of Victoria

the National Gallery of Victoria

In ‘Iddo’s Cat’

Romano STEFANELLI (1931 - 2016)

As bright as technicolour Oz

At 19 years old

Steve Rosendale 'I Was A Teenage Narcissist' the field revisited the National Gallery of VictoriaA cowboy waits beside a motel pool, the sun throbbing overhead. No one knows why hes there but they dont ask, sensing that he has travelled far to find or escape someone. As the afternoon light caramelises, still as a reed, the cowboy tenses. Over the horizon rears a flash of blonde. Steve Rosendales work draws upon the collective memories of popular culture. He sets up enthralling mise en scenes, elongating a flicker of film into an entire self