Remains of Hatrick's Wharf 8/5/2009
Andrew Ross, Artist
This is one of the
photographs
in our collection.
It was made in
Whanganui Region, New Zealand
in 2009.
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Object Detail
About the Work
This
image
shows
what
remains
today
of
the
dry
dock
constructed
by
Alexander
Hatrick
(b.1857,
d.1918).
Hatrick
was
a
shipowner,
entrepreneur,
and
tourism
operator
as
well
as
the
Mayor
of
Whanganui
from
1897-1904.
From
1892
Hatrick
ran
tourist
services
up
and
down
the
Whanganui
River
in
conjunction
with
the
mail,
passenger
and
cargo
service
he
was
already
operating.
This
dry
dock
was
located
along
the
Whanganui
East
riverbank
near
the
base
of
Georgetti
Road.
To see the wharf in use circa 1880s visit https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23051355?search%5Bi%5D%5Bname_authority_id%5D=-135055&search%5Bpath%5D=items
- Jennifer Taylor Moore, Curator of Collections for 'On the Move. Modes of Transport from the Collection, Aug - Sep 2021
"Andrew Ross’s photographs remember the forgotten. In his work he resembles one of those socially marginal figures scouring rubbish dumps, finding a value in the things everyone else has thrown away. Ironically, in the sustainability project such figures may yet become cultural heroes. Ross’s geiger-counter is tuned for crud and he habitually haunts abandoned and neglected habitats, his images registering these often melancholy spaces, still suffused with human presence.
Forgetting may be more a casual process than remembering, but often it may have just as much point and be pursued with equal determination. This can range from the darkly psychological to the plainly material – the current enthusiasm for domesticup-grading and the popularity of garden make-overs are just aspects of this latter. Improvements have their downside, and while the lifestyle magazines gleam with the new the planet groans with the increasing burden of the discarded. The shiny wrapper conceals some grim contents indeed.
Personally, Ross may be disquieted by this, but his work isn’t merely a protest against it. It’s a richer compost of human history and habitation that suggests more than just waste"
- Peter Ireland in catalogue accompanying the exhibition "Round & About Wanganui: 72 Photographic Studies by Andrew Ross". Published by Sarjeant Art Gallery in 2010. Pg 3.
To see the wharf in use circa 1880s visit https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23051355?search%5Bi%5D%5Bname_authority_id%5D=-135055&search%5Bpath%5D=items
- Jennifer Taylor Moore, Curator of Collections for 'On the Move. Modes of Transport from the Collection, Aug - Sep 2021
"Andrew Ross’s photographs remember the forgotten. In his work he resembles one of those socially marginal figures scouring rubbish dumps, finding a value in the things everyone else has thrown away. Ironically, in the sustainability project such figures may yet become cultural heroes. Ross’s geiger-counter is tuned for crud and he habitually haunts abandoned and neglected habitats, his images registering these often melancholy spaces, still suffused with human presence.
Forgetting may be more a casual process than remembering, but often it may have just as much point and be pursued with equal determination. This can range from the darkly psychological to the plainly material – the current enthusiasm for domesticup-grading and the popularity of garden make-overs are just aspects of this latter. Improvements have their downside, and while the lifestyle magazines gleam with the new the planet groans with the increasing burden of the discarded. The shiny wrapper conceals some grim contents indeed.
Personally, Ross may be disquieted by this, but his work isn’t merely a protest against it. It’s a richer compost of human history and habitation that suggests more than just waste"
- Peter Ireland in catalogue accompanying the exhibition "Round & About Wanganui: 72 Photographic Studies by Andrew Ross". Published by Sarjeant Art Gallery in 2010. Pg 3.
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Measurements
Image 190 x 245 mm
Frame 450 x 485mm
Frame 450 x 485mm
Media
silver gelatin contact print on gold toned printing out paper
Subject Place
Description
Sepia toned monochrome image of the Whanganui River edge with piles in the muddy edge, tree at the right, and the cityscape on the opposite riverbank.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Tylee Residency exchange, 2010.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
Dec 2010
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Accession Number:
2010/5/2
