Join writer and curator Robyn Annear in this lively discussion of the City Gallery exhibition, ‘Gotcha! Concrete prints from the McEwans celebrity pavement’.
Who remembers the McEwans celebrity pavement? Between 1972 and 1994, scores of celebrities had their hand and footprints immortalised in cement at the entrance of the McEwans hardware store in Bourke Street. Shopping for a hammer or a hair-dryer, you’d step in the prints of actors, musicians, sportspeople, writers, dancers, politicians, an astronaut, a racehorse – even an operatic dog.
‘Gotcha!’ presents 40 of the surviving prints from the McEwans pavement, together with stories of the celebrities who made them and newspaper images that capture the mood of the times.
This event is free but bookings are required. Click here to book.
