Ladies at the Bar, Tavern Club Chicago, c1957

Due to popular demand, Maggie Diaz – Between Two Worlds has been extended till Saturday the 11th of March.

Join us for closing drinks from 4-6pm and grab the last chance to experience this beautiful exhibition @

Fox Galleries, 79 Langridge Street Collingwood.

Phone:  03 85603583

foxgalleries.com.au

OPENING EVENT @ FOX GALLERIES

Please join us to celebrate the opening of ‘Between Two Worlds’

79 Langridge Street, Collingwood on Sunday February 19, 2017

from 2.00 – 4.00pm

An Australian Ballet, Gardenvale Tunnel 1970s c-Type print 100 by 100cm

Between Two Worlds

STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

MEMORIAL SERVICE

I am pleased to announce that on the eve of Maggie’s birthday, The State Library of Victoria is hosting a public memorial service in her honour.  I cannot think of a more appropriate way to celebrate Maggie’s birthday and am very grateful to everyone who made this possible.  Special thanks to Madeleine Say, who has been involved with the Diaz Collection since its launch in 2005, has overseen the handover of the archive and as Manager of the Picture Collections Department, will be our host for the event.  For those of you who were unable to make it to the memorial at Sacred Heart Mission, Johan Scheffer will repeat his comprehensive eulogy and the event will also feature a presentation of the slide show ‘I Don’t Do Sweet’ with Maggie’s timeless commentary. Please join us!

Maggie Diaz Memorial

Friday 24th February

4.00pm – 5.30pm

EXPERIMEDIA SPACE

Experimedia (click to see venue details)

STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

328 Swanston St, Melbourne

Maggie, late 50s by Clem Fraser

A postscript:

In 2014 I was interviewed by Shots Magazine, an American photographic printed journal that truly honours photography.  As our first American feature, this was a big deal for us and I remember proudly sharing the finished article with Maggie.  She knew that they were her photographs on the pages and she was “duly impressed” by the printing and the presentation.    During the interview, I spoke about Maggie’s dementia and her being caught ‘between two worlds’ and this became the apt title for the article, thanks to editor Russell Joslin. Of course,it also referred to the idea that Maggie always felt stranded in Australia. She constantly referred to her past life in America, even though in the end, more than fifty years had passed.   Interestingly, this really sums up so many things about my life as well.  For 12 years, I was caught between my passion for Maggie and her work; the absolute obsession with her story – and my own life and family.  Now, as I sit in the strange place between grief and healing,  ‘Between Two Worlds’ seems like the perfect title for our latest exhibition. I am delighted to be working with Arts accountant and fine art valuer and consultant, Michael Fox and partner Marianne Carollo, to put this exhibition together and I look forward to seeing you at one or both of our February events.  Thank you for your ongoing interest and support.

Gwendolen De Lacy, February 2017

DIAZ, Maggie

25.2.1925 – 16.10.16

Passed away peacefully in the comfort of the Sacred Heart Community. A memorial service will be held at 11.00am, Friday 28^th October – Sacred Heart Church, 83 Grey Street, St Kilda. All welcome.

25.2.25 – 16.10.16

Thanks to Brightspace for mounting the latest local display of Diaz images, this time featuring the stunning metre square prints made by CPL digital in Port Melbourne and funded by the City of Port Phillip.

Please join us for an opening event!

Sunday the 15th of May from 3.30pm onwards

Barney Allen’s, 14 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.  If the weather is fine and Maggie is up to it, she will be in attendance from 3.30pm – 4.30pm.

RSVP to dreamcave@optusnet.com.au

All images for sale with 10% discount available on all sales made on the day.

Tasty snacks provided with drinks at bar prices.  Look forward to seeing you there!

MAGNET
Level 2, 640 Bourke St
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
Australia
MAP

OPEN
Tuesday to Friday – 11am to 6pm
Saturday and Sunday – 11am to 4pm

EMAIL
contact@magnet.org.au

PHONE
+61 3 8589 0371

White Girl at the Zoo, 1970s by Maggie Diaz

We are delighted to have Diaz photographs featured in this excellent exhibition now showing in Melbourne.

A summertime salon of photographs taken in Melbourne, city and suburbs, during the 1970s. Come and rediscover the Zeitgeist of that tumultuous decade – the people, politics, fun, fashion, and life-changing events. Images of Melbourne life in the city and suburbs 1970-1979 by noted photographers: Bruce Postle, John Casamento, Joyce Evans John Gollings, Maggie Diaz, Andrew Chapman, Peter Kelly, Glen O’Malley, Colin Abbott, Alan Attwood, Julie Millowick and more…

January 21st – February 14th, 2016

MAGNET GALLERIES

Level 2,  640 Bourke St
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
MAP

TUESDAY to FRIDAY – 11am to 6pm
SATURDAY and SUNDAY – 11am to 4pm

contact@magnet.org.au
+61 (0) 3 8589 0371