About the exhibition

In 2005 Barrett created especially for the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne an installation titled “EVERYMAN“, based on the moving First World War poems of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. The work was created “site specific” for the Hall of Columns at the Shrine and is comprised of six calico banners four metres in height and twenty banners one and a half metres in height. Following the original showing, Barrett donated EVERYMAN to the Shrine of Remembrance . It is now on periodic display. 2012- The State Library of Victoria Collects Barrett's Preparatory Works The work taken by the State Library is comprised of 50 small pencil drawings that were Craig's first drafts on reading the poems and "research" drawings. Also collected were 22 full size cartoons over which the calico banners were traced; 2 "prototype" calico banners to check painting/drawing medium, and all Barrett's correspondence to Jean McAuslan at the Shrine with project proposal, mock up photos,floor plans for banner locations, studio photos of works in progress etc etc.

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