This engaging exhibition reimagines how we perceive and experience the natural world. In Look Both Ways, acclaimed artist Lesley Duxbury employs a Black Mirror—an 18th-century optical tool once used by artists and travelers—to transform familiar landscapes into striking, contained reflections.

Each photograph centers on the mirror, resting among dried gum leaves or on rocks in flowing water, where it reframes the environment in unexpected ways. Captured from the perspective of an observer looking downward, these images invite a deeper contemplation of place, movement, and time.

Challenging the traditional notion of landscape as a distant vista, Look Both Ways offers an intimate, layered encounter—one shaped by perception and reflective observation. Don’t miss this thought-provoking exploration of how we see and document the natural world.

Dates + Time

February 28 - April 6, 2025
Friday - Sunday
10.30am - 4pm

Location

B–CSC Gallery
Main Street
Bogong Village

Events

ARTIST TALK
In Conversation with Lesley Duxbury
March 1, 2025
Saturday
1 - 2pm

Artist

Lesley Duxbury is an artist whose work explores perception, atmosphere, and the natural environment through photography, printmaking, and text. Her practice is rooted in extended walks through remote landscapes, where she documents fleeting atmospheric phenomena and shifting terrains. From the Arctic’s icy expanses to Australia’s high plains, these experiences inform her investigations into how we see and interpret place.
Duxbury’s work often employs text to shape and reframe visual narratives, inviting personal reflection and alternate readings of landscape. She has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, with shows in Korea, Austria, and Hong Kong, and has participated in artist residencies in Iceland, Paris, and Western Australia. A recipient of the Australia Council’s New Work Grant, she is also an Emeritus Professor at RMIT University’s School of Art.