Box MS F BOX 4266

Scope and contents

Each sleeve (except 7, which was empty) contains various clippings from various sources, including glossy magazines, comics and newspapers; of note is Sleeve 1 (front) which contains a clipping showing a syringe; and Sleeve 8 which contains press clippings of the Arkley exhibition review from The Age, 24 August 1988, (3 copies); includes draft check-list for 1988 Tolarno ‘Home Show’.

Scope and contents The book starts at the back (as Arkley advises at the front p.9); includes notes, possibly for his Farrago 1989 essay, concerning childhood memories, the idea of his work as a ‘celebration of the ordinary’ and suburbia as his focus; also planning notes for 1988 ‘Casual Works’ exhibition, including comments on the idea of recycling older works (arabesque patterning etc.); p.13 ff - several pages headed ‘start ideas for house show’, with source images, notes re factory imagery (‘ref. Jan...

Scope and contents

Contains source material, including heads and faces (pp. 1-3), houses under construction; source images of shops; fashion images including costumes by Balla; sources for idea for paintings of houses at night and various comic-book sources; includes a small colour photograph of the painting Triple Fronted (1988), which was modified for Family Home: Suburban Exterior (1993), (p.5) and a colour Polaroid photograph of the painting Tattooed Head (1983), (p. 22).