M16 Artspace

Partial Index | Dörte Conroy

A new exhibition by Dörte Conroy introducing collaged imagery drawn from a collection of documentary photography spanning the late nineteenth century through to the 1990s.

Exhibitions

Event Details

Category

Exhibitions

Event Starts

Apr 16, 2026 18:00

Event Ends

May 10, 2026 17:00

Venue

M16 Artspace

Location

21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith ACT, Australia

Partial Index

Dörte Conroy 

With this new body of work, Dörte Conroy introduces collaged imagery drawn from a collection of documentary photography spanning the late nineteenth century through to the 1990s.

Removed from the original context, these images carry traces of lived history, memory and observation. Dörte combines these photographic fragments with vivid blocks of colour, creating a visual tension between representation and abstraction. The paper collage elements introduce a subtle physical texture that interrupts and softens the intensity of the colour and fields.

This allows the two materials to exist in quiet dialogue rather than in opposition. Together, the historical imagery and saturated colour, form a layered surface where past and present, image and pigment co-exist.

 

Partial Index will open alongside Sentient by Elliot Fox, Shorelines by Helen Brancatisano, Miriam Cullen, and Trish Yates, and Bloom by Eggpicnic.

 

Image: Dörte Conway, M, 2026. Image courtesy of the artist.

 

Exhibition opening event: Thursday 16 April, 2026, 6 – 8pm

Gallery opening times: Wednesday to Sunday, 12 – 5pm 

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