Michel Lawrence Explained

Michel Lawrence
Birth Date:1948 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Field:Photography

Michel Lawrence (born 1948) is an Australian writer, advertising creative director,[1] portrait photographer[2] and documentary director.[3] He also produced two photographic books, Framed: Photographs of Australian Artists[4] and All of Us, documenting the multicultural makeup of Australia.

Early life and education

Lawrence matriculated from Camberwell Grammar School in Melbourne and enrolled at La Trobe University in its first year, becoming the foundation editor of the student newspaper Rabelais.[5]

Career

On leaving university, Lawrence began work as a journalist at the national daily newspaper, The Australian.[6] [7] At News Ltd, Lawrence worked for the Sunday Australian and The Sunday Telegraph as a political columnist covering both state and federal politics.[8] [9] [10] After leaving The Australian in 1976, he founded and edited Australia's first skateboard magazine, Slicks.[11] [12]

Lawrence was recruited to manage Australian electric folk group, The Bushwackers,[13] departing in 1976 with the band for an extended 18-month tour of Europe including England, Scotland and Wales, and recording their album Murrumbidgee[14] at Morgan's Studios, London.[15]

Returning to Australia in 1978, Lawrence founded the design studio Swell Productions which became the advertising agency Burrows Doble Lawrence, with Art Director Bill Burrows and agency Account Director Ed Doble. The agency was sold to D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles[16] and Lawrence was headhunted to the Australian retail agency Mattingly and Partners as its Executive Creative Director.[17] During this period he was also President of the Melbourne Art Directors’ Club.[18]

In 1990, Lawrence was appointed Executive Creative Director of the multi-national agency J. Walter Thompson,[19] eventually being appointed Managing Director of the Melbourne Office in 1998 and then Australian Chairman a year later.[20] [21] [22] [23]

In 2001 while chairman of JWT, Lawrence was asked about the collapse of Australian airline Ansett, in the midst of a pitch for the airline's business. Lawrence told AdNews, "marketing and advertising were never the problems, and neither was ever going to solve deep-seated difficulties [at Ansett]."[24]

During a period of 10 years, Lawrence embarked on a personal project to photograph one hundred of Australia's most important postwar modernists including Sidney Nolan,[25] [26] Lloyd Rees, Arthur Boyd,[27] Donald Friend,[28] Sam Fullbrook,[29] Jeffrey Smart,[30] Elwyn Lynn,[31] David Larwill[32] and John Wolseley.[33] [34] This became an exhibition at Australian Galleries Melbourne and Sydney in 1996. Two years later the exhibition was published as the book, Framed: Photographs of Australian Artists, published by Hardie Grant.[35] The book's cover portrait of Lloyd Rees had previously been a cover of the Sydney Morning Herald/Age magazine "Good Weekend", illustrating an article on the artist by Janet Hawley[36] winning her a Walkley Award.[37] [38] Hawley also contributed the introduction to the book Framed.[39] Lawrence's second book, All of Us includes photographs of people born in 200 other countries, but who were now living in Australia.[40] [41] The project was inspired by the 2005 Cronulla riots.[42] [43] All of Us was published by Scribe Books[44] and the portraits exhibited at Federation Square, Melbourne[45] [46] [47] and later in a tour of Indian cities.[48] The 'All of Us' project was launched at Federation Square by the Victorian Premier, John Brumby for Australia Day 2008[49] and was funded by Federal and State governments along with private benefactors.[50]

A subsequent project, 'Indian Aussies' was commissioned by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs[51] and has been touring India after its launch in New Delhi in 2013.[52] [53]

Cinematography

In 2012, Lawrence's production company Miro Films[54] began producing the television arts program InsideArt,[55] [56] which has run four seasons across Australian public broadcasters in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. In 2014, InsideArt was voted Most Outstanding Australian Arts Program across the public broadcasting network at the Antenna Awards.

Collections

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: JWT gets creative with shake-up. Burbury. Rochelle. 22 August 2000. The Australian Financial Review. 17 March 2016. Shack West.
  2. Web site: National Portrait Gallery of Australia. 24 January 2016. People, Michel Lawrence, b1948. National Portrait Gallery.
  3. News: Who gets to write the script for our multicultural future?. 19 March 2014. The Conversation. 24 January 2016.
  4. News: More things of heaven and earth.... Lynn. Elwyn. 14 December 1991. The Weekend Australian. 17 March 2016. Shack West.
  5. Web site: Avocados, Testicles and Facebook; What do they have in Common?. 10 September 2009. 27 January 2016. upstart. Upstart Magazine. Fritsch. Ashley. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201093738/http://www.upstart.net.au/2009/09/10/avocados-testicles-facebook/. 1 February 2016. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Meet our team!. 24 January 2016. NBS Productions. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160302080305/http://www.nbsproductions.com.au/?page_id=10883. 2 March 2016. dmy-all.
  7. News: Beer for the winner, Scotch for the loser. Lawrence. Michel. 21 May 1973. The Australian. 10 February 2016. Shack West.
  8. News: On The Political Merry-Go-Round. Lawrence. Michel. 13 May 1973. The Sunday Telegraph. 10 February 2016. Shack West.
  9. News: Young voters may hold key in bayside suburb. Lawrence. Michel. 6 May 1973. The Sunday Telegraph. 10 February 2016. Shack West.
  10. News: Massive Win For Liberals. Lawrence. Michel. 20 May 1973. The Sunday Telegraph. 10 February 2016. Shack West.
  11. Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine. Lawrence. Michel. 1976. Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine. 1. 2 February 2016. Slicks Publishing. 1.
  12. Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine. Lawrence. Michel. 1976. Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine. 1. 2 February 2016. Slicks Publishing. 1.
  13. News: Third down and goal.. Oshlack. Ian. 1 May 1987. Work in Progress. 10 February 2016. Shack West.
  14. Web site: ALBUM REVIEW. 1994. 1 February 2016. Virgin Radio. Sleger. Dave.
  15. Web site: The Bushwackers Band "Murrumbidgee" LP 1977. 30 March 2009. 1 February 2016. Australian Folk Music and Australian Folk Singers and Musicians.
  16. News: Masius incorporates Burrows Doble trio. 15 August 1986. B&T Magazine. 10 February 2016. Shack West.
  17. News: David Mattingly, salesman extraordinaire. Phillips. Mark. 18 November 1988. Ad News. 10 February 2016. Shack West.
  18. News: Michel Lawrence: Lawrence of Suburbia. Miller. Mark. 30 June 1989. B&T Magazine. 10 February 2016. Shack West.
  19. Web site: Chapter Six: Lazarus rises. 24 January 2016. Melbourne Press Club.
  20. News: Chopper works in the US. Schou-Clarke. Jane. 16 March 2001. AdNews. 27 January 2016.
  21. News: AGENCY PEOPLE MOVES. 20 December 2002. AdNews. 27 January 2016.
  22. News: Is Ansett's $20m campaign working?. 5 November 2001. AdNews. 27 January 2016.
  23. News: JWT gets creative with shake-up. Burbury. Rochelle. 22 August 2000. The Australian Financial Review. 10 February 2016. Shack West.
  24. News: The pitch we didn't have to have. Schou-Clarke. Jane. 14 September 2001. AdNews. 27 January 2016.
  25. Web site: Art. 24 January 2016. IronOutlaw.com.
  26. Web site: Education Kit - Unmasked: Sidney Nolan and Ned Kelly 1950 – 1990. 24 January 2016. Heide Museum of Modern Art.
  27. News: Framing the Arts. 6 February 2000. Arts Talk. 24 January 2016. ABC Radio National.
  28. Book: Pearce, Barry. Donald Friend, 1915-1989: Retrospective. Art Gallery of New South Wales. 1990. 0730569292.
  29. News: SAM FULLBROOK: DELICATE BEAUTY. 3 June 2014. QAGOMA. 2 February 2016. Queensland Art Gallery.
  30. Book: Pearce, Barry. Master of Stillness: Jeffrey Smart. Wakefield Press. 2015. 9781743053393. Australia. 4, 5.
  31. Book: Pinson, Peter. Elwyn Lynn : metaphor + texture. Craftsman House. 2002. 1877004170. St Leonards, N.S.W.. 155.
  32. Book: McGregor, Ken. Larwill, David, 1956-. Craftsman House. 1997. 9057037815. North Ryde, N.S.W..
  33. Web site: Brush With Nature. 18 May 1991. 2 February 2016. Good Weekend magazine. Hawley. Janet.
  34. Book: Hawley, Janet. Encounters with Australian Artistry. University of Queensland Press. 1993. 0702225614. 136.
  35. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/542161 'National Library of Australia catalogue'
  36. News: Artists in Conversation reveal secrets of success in interviews with Janet Hawley. Anderson. Patricia. 8 December 2012. 1 February 2016. The Australian.
  37. Web site: Janet Hawley (AUTHOR). 2016. 1 February 2016. Penguin Books Australia. Penguin Books.
  38. Web site: Hawley, Janet. 1 February 2016. Trove. National Library of Australia.
  39. Web site: Victorian History Library. 24 January 2016. Prahran Mechanics' Institute.
  40. Web site: Readings Monthly. February 2008. 24 January 2016. Readings - Books, Music, Film - Melbourne's Own Since 1969.
  41. Web site: Michel Lawrence: All for one . 17 February 2012 .
  42. Web site: Michel Lawrence: All for one. 24 January 2016. Photo Review. Margaret. Brown.
  43. Web site: The Middle East. 24 January 2016. Victorian Multicultural Commission. Beanland. Glenn.
  44. Web site: All of Us. March 2008. 24 January 2016. The Police Association Victoria.
  45. Web site: Capturing the faces that make up the nation. 25 January 2008. 24 January 2016. The 7.30 Report. ABC. Tay. Huey Fern.
  46. Web site: First Fleet Fellowship Victoria: About. 24 January 2016.
  47. News: Education Times. Van Der Riet. Tessa. 21 February 2008. 24 January 2016. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
  48. News: 'Indian Aussies' photo expo inaugurated at mall. 12 June 2013. The Hindu. 24 January 2016.
  49. Web site: Exhibition reveals migrant stories . 26 January 2008 . The Age .
  50. Web site: Australian Foreign Minister to inaugurate photography exhibition in Delhi . Australian High Commission, New Delhi .
  51. Web site: Indian Aussies Website. 24 January 2016. Bill Burrows Design. Burrows. Bill. https://web.archive.org/web/20160130131544/http://www.billburrowsdesign.com.au/2010/11/indian-aussies-website/. 30 January 2016. dead.
  52. Web site: Indian Aussies exhibition launched . Australian High Commission, New Delhi .
  53. Web site: Glimpses of Aussie Indians. 16 February 2011. 24 January 2016. dna syndication. Divya. Mangwani.
  54. http://mirofilms.tv
  55. Web site: InsideArt - Australia's artist-centric, video-showcase of contemporary visual arts . 24 January 2016 . 4 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151204052140/http://insideart.tv/ . dead .
  56. Web site: Creative Futures: Visual Arts, AusVELS & the Australian Curriculum. 24 January 2016. Art Education Victoria.
  57. Web site: 1998. 1998, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Framed : photographs of Australian artists / by Michel Lawrence. 1 February 2016. Trove. National Library of Australia.
  58. Web site: Sam Fullbrook: Delicate Beauty . 3 June 2014 .
  59. Web site: Michel Lawrence. 2021-09-18. Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online. en.
  60. Web site: June 2006. Artwork Detail. 24 January 2016. Lismore Regional Gallery.
  61. http://collections.artscentremelbourne.com.au/paminter/imu.php?request=browse&irn=2988

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