Juno Gemes Exhibition Celebrates 50-Year Partnership with Poet Robert Adamson
Photographer Juno Gemes has launched a new exhibition at the Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, exploring her fifty-year creative and personal partnership with the late poet Robert Adamson. The show features a collision of imagery and text, including Gemes’ black-and-white photographs of life on the Hawkesbury River, Adamson’s poetry, notebooks, and drawings. Following Adamson’s death from cancer in December 2022, Gemes curated their intertwined archives to examine their shared history rather than focusing solely on grief. The exhibition highlights their life in Cheero Point, where they immersed themselves in the local community of oyster growers and fishing families. It also underscores Adamson’s role as a love poet, not just to Gemes but to nature, particularly the birds and fish of their spiritual home. Gemes, now in her eighties, describes this period as a time of living for herself after years of caregiving. The collection reveals the deep, complex culture of the Hawkesbury region and the couple’s artistic activism, offering an intimate look at their bohemian lifestyle and enduring bond through art and literature.
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Juno Gemes Exhibition Celebrates 50-Year Partnership with Poet Robert Adamson
Photographer Juno Gemes has launched a new exhibition at the Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, exploring her fifty-year creative and personal partnership with the late poet Robert Adamson. The show features a collision of imagery and text, including Gemes’ black-and-white photographs of life on the Hawkesbury River, Adamson’s poetry, notebooks, and drawings. Following Adamson’s death from cancer in December 2022, Gemes curated their intertwined archives to examine their shared history rather than focusing solely on grief. The exhibition highlights their life in Cheero Point, where they immersed themselves in the local community of oyster growers and fishing families. It also underscores Adamson’s role as a love poet, not just to Gemes but to nature, particularly the birds and fish of their spiritual home. Gemes, now in her eighties, describes this period as a time of living for herself after years of caregiving. The collection reveals the deep, complex culture of the Hawkesbury region and the couple’s artistic activism, offering an intimate look at their bohemian lifestyle and enduring bond through art and literature.
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