Pictures 1990
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----
Life and death
A man I knew at art school (Nick Rosenthal?) cultivates native plants for Melbourne Water's wetlands restoration projects. He commissions me to draw a picture for a poster for Melbourne Water to show the impacts on native species when feral species take over country.
1990 Wetland degradation
Pastel on paper.
Peter Goding collection,
Launceston Tasmania
1990 Swamp lily, Floating duck weed
Aquarelle pencil on paper. 200mm x 240mm
Artist's collection, Sydney
EVENTS
1990: German reunification takes place, formally ending the division of East Germany and West Germany;
1990: the Gulf War begins following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait;
1990: the 1990 FIFA World Cup is held in Italy and won by West Germany;
1990: the Hubble Space Telescope is launched into orbit;
1990: Yemeni unification occurs, merging North Yemen and South Yemen into the Republic of Yemen;
1990: Nelson Mandela is released after 27 years in prison in South Africa;
1990: Black January sees a violent crackdown by Soviet troops in Baku, Azerbaijan, killing hundreds;
1990: the Poll Tax Riots erupt across the United Kingdom in opposition to the community charge;
1990: the 1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake kills tens of thousands in Iran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990
Written by me, Lisa Roberts/Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill), on
21/04/2026
