"Another show came as a big surprise. It was one of those exhibitions of quality that comes unheralded....out of the blue an exhibition about the English seaside by Edward Mackenzie.
The materials of this show must have taken years to collect. They were made into a series of assemblages inspired by the work of the great English photographer, the late Tony Ray-Jones. What Edward Mackenzie made was a whole lot of boxes, most of them containing a pier constructed out of things as diverse as ice-cream sticks and pieces of meccano (erector) sets.
Around each pier were remarkable designs made up of clippings of evocative old postcards, other photographic materials and a mass of posters, tins, boxes, bottles, toys, cards and mementos all harking back to the Twenties and Thirties. All the famous brand names were there from Frys Cocoa to Players cigarettes. Out of those nostalgic fragments landscapes were made so that each assemblage was its own small world, redolent of time past but each with its own atmosphere. It was unprecedented and unparalleled - a first class exhibition."
T.J. McNamara, NZ Art News, April 1984
The materials of this show must have taken years to collect. They were made into a series of assemblages inspired by the work of the great English photographer, the late Tony Ray-Jones. What Edward Mackenzie made was a whole lot of boxes, most of them containing a pier constructed out of things as diverse as ice-cream sticks and pieces of meccano (erector) sets.
Around each pier were remarkable designs made up of clippings of evocative old postcards, other photographic materials and a mass of posters, tins, boxes, bottles, toys, cards and mementos all harking back to the Twenties and Thirties. All the famous brand names were there from Frys Cocoa to Players cigarettes. Out of those nostalgic fragments landscapes were made so that each assemblage was its own small world, redolent of time past but each with its own atmosphere. It was unprecedented and unparalleled - a first class exhibition."
T.J. McNamara, NZ Art News, April 1984
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Road to Portobello
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Master Mariner
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Gaff Riggers
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Ferry Cross the Mersey
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Deja Vu
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Flossful Moment
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Pied Piper
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Greta's Domain
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Bow Front Bunting
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Made in England
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Jubilee Pier
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Seaside Stripes No. 1
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