Pictures 1979
Catalogue / Memoir
Introduction
Pictures
Objects
Animations
PICTURES are both finished and ephemeral works made for animations.
1949---- 1950---- 1951---- 1952---- 1953---- 1954---- 1955---- 1956---- 1957---- 1958---- 1959---- 1960---- 1961---- 1962---- 1963---- 1964---- 1965---- 1966---- 1967---- 1968---- 1969---- 1970---- 1971---- 1972---- 1973---- 1974---- 1975---- 1976---- 1977---- 1978---- 1979---- 1980---- 1981---- 1982---- 1983---- 1984---- 1985---- 1986---- 1987---- 1988---- 1989---- 1990---- 1991---- 1992---- 1993---- 1994---- 1995---- 1996---- 1997---- 1998---- 1999---- 2000---- 2001---- 2002---- 2003---- 2004---- 2005---- 2006---- 2007---- 2008---- 2009---- 2010---- 2011---- 2012---- 2013---- 2014---- 2015---- 2016---- 2017---- 2018---- 2019---- 2020---- 2021---- 2022---- 2023---- 2024---- 2025---- 2026----
Golden girl and Pope
Antarctic krill and whale
I invite friends to a fancy dress party.
As my husband parades as the Pope
his future wife turns up as a convict.
As I dance in golden girl leotards and tights
my future self swims inside a whale to Antarctica.
1979 Imagine a sphere, Pencil on paper.
Ex Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Private collection, Melbourne
1979 Four figures, Pencil on paper.
Ex Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Private collection, Melbourne
EVENTS
1979. 4 Jan: Australia's highest daily rainfall, 1,140 millimetres or 44.88 inches, is recorded at Bellenden Ker Top Station.
The Soviet - Afghan War begins as the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan;
The Iran hostage crisis erupts when militants seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran;
American Airlines Flight 191 crashes in Chicago, killing 271;
Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park turns into a riot;
The Three Mile Island accident causes a partial nuclear meltdown;
The Sony Walkman debuts; SALT II is signed to limit nuclear arms;
The 1979 oil crisis sends fuel prices soaring;
The Egypt - Israel peace treaty is signed, marking the first peace deal between Israel and an Arab nation.
Written by me, Lisa Roberts/Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill), on
28/04/2026
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