Me and Sybil

Item Title: Me and Sybil
Repository: National Gallery of Victoria
Reference: Accession Number: 2019.88
Date Range: 1975
Creator: Gibb, Viva
Description: Viva Gibb received a diploma of art from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1965. She then honed her painting skills under Australian artist John Brack at the National Gallery School, where she later earned a postgraduate diploma in printmaking in 1974. Gibb initially used photography as a basis for creating screenprints in the early 1970s, but soon came to appreciate photographs as a means of expression in themselves. Deeply committed to feminism and local activism, she intertwined her personal life with her art, often featuring her children and herself in her work. Every image Gibb made was a statement, reflecting art historian Cornelia Butler's sentiment that 'the personal is political, and all representation is political'.
Formats: gelatin silver photograph

Created: 21 May 2026