HARRY PHOTOCOPY

SPACE 1 - WINDOW ROOM

Exhibition Dates : 21 April - 3 May 2026
Opening Reception : Wed 22 April 2026, 6:00 - 8:30pm

Signs, Symbols and Style Icons

Harry Photocopy’s paintings and assemblages are colourful interpretations of the paradoxes observed in the world around him, executed with an ironic point of view, creating stark whimsical images in a bold style.

“In 2020 I received a photo from a Melbourne friend that accentuated his unkempt hairstyle due to the city-wide Covid lockdown. Later I started noticing homemade haircuts that viralled into a trend, especially amongst AFL footballers. This led into a “Happening Hairstyles” series of paintings. Simultaneously, Trump, the human headline, was delivering some enticing lines so a “Trump vs Kung Flu” theme was hard to resist.

Of late, Trump. Putin, Zelensky, Netenyahu, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Palestine inundate the media – the visual image of a STOP sign came to me in a dream. Our urban environment is congested with signage. I have created a series of 'pop art' style paintings to get audiences thinking about their relationship with the physical world.”

www.harryphotocopy.com.au

In 1984 Harry Postema let go of his teaching and theatre careers to go travelling overseas. Selling photocopies of his travel sketches in the cafes of Amsterdam and on the beaches of India gave Harry his art name: Harry Photocopy. 

On his return to Adelaide in 1986, he co-founded Zafari Art with Michael Polyester and together they created a unique world of ‘feral’ art on and around the streets of Adelaide. Zafari Art operated out of a studio off Hindley Street, Adelaide’s premier night strip, from where they engineered the hand-painting of well over a hundred vehicles through 1986 – 1990.

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