High Vantage Point
City Wedge. acrylic on masonite 32.5 x 80.5 cm
Finalist The Wynne 1996 AGNSW.
City Sliver. acrylic on masonite 103 x 19 cm
Exploring Melbourne, Manning sought places to view the landscape from above. She was granted access to the upper floors of empty office blocks and roof tops such as Spencer Street Station, often working late into the night and catching the last train home.
Given access to a tower block being refitted between tenants, the artist painted in vast empty spaces surrounded by dangling cables and empty boxes. In another, building unused for many years, the artist carried her equipment up flights of stairs caked thick with dust and the tiny skeletons of unfortunate birds. Manning found that the isolation and stillness helped concentrate her mind,some of the challenges were avoiding wind on open roofs and light reflections on glass at night. Thirty seven paintings were exhibited in the exhibition' High Vantage Point' at Grand Central Gallery, Melbourne VIC in 1996.
Flinders Street Station, Night. acrylic on masonite
Roof to Dome, Night. acrylic on masonite
Moon over Flinders Street Station. acrylic on masonite
Stephen's Gallery. acrylic on masonite 44.5 x 79 cm
Flinders Street. acrylic on masonite 550 x 920 cm
The Age Building. acrylic on masonite
Bourke to Spencer St Station Dusk. acrylic on masonite
Fruit Stall. acrylic on masonite 39.5 x 26.5 cm
Corner of Elizabeth and Flinders Street acrylic on masonite
Staircase, Flinders Street Station. acrylic on masonite
8.30am Flinders Street acrylic on masonite 50 x 75 cm
Flinders Street Station Dome, Night. acrylic on masonite 53 x 71 cm
Flinders Street Station Dome, Day. acrylic on masonite 53 x 71 cm