Robyn Beeche: A Retrospective

Overview

Connecting opposing cultures through art, Sydney-born photographer Robyn Beeche captured imaginations globally for decades with her experimental images. Despite sadly passing away at just 70 years old, Beeche’s impact on the photographic world remains immortalised through Black Eye Gallery’s retrospective exhibition, showing now until February 28.

Straddling two distinct realities, her work moves from the 1980s new romantic, post-punk scenes of London to the vibrant, bustling streets of India. Noted for her ability to distort and disrupt the body with lighting and makeup, Beeche’s early sculpture-like shots gave way for a completely opposing aesthetic following her life-changing pilgrimage to the Indian town of Vrindavan in the mid-'80s.

Trading collaborations with notable personalities such as Zandra Rhodes, Vivienne Westwood and Leigh Bowery, these later years of self-discovery see her work take on a refreshing sense of movement and life to reflect her shifting cultural climates. Head along to see the spectacular offerings from this beloved artistic treasure.