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Cindy sherman
Untitled
2007–08
since her earliest works, sherman has
personally assumed the roles of director,
photographer, model and stylist to create
her images.
Untitled
2007–08 has its genesis
in a suite of fashion photographs first seen
in the august 2007 issue of French Vogue.
sherman appears twice in Untitled, as a pair
of balenciaga-clad women caught in the
unforgiving light of the social photographer’s
camera flash.
the photograph also relates to sherman’s
‘hollywood/hampton types’ series of
2000–02, which depicts wealthy, elaborately
dressed older women whose expressions
and excessive use of cosmetics push the
images into the realm of caricature. as the
artist herself approaches her 60th year,
these works can be seen as reflections on
representations of beauty, self-definition
and ageing.
this work was acquired with funds from
tim Fairfax,
am
, through the Queensland art
gallery Foundation.
Cindy Sherman
/ United States b.1954 /
Untitled
2007–08 / Colour photograph mounted on
aluminium, ed. of 6, AP 1/1 / 158.6 x 177.8cm /
Purchased 2011 with funds from Tim Fairfax,
am
,
through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation /
Image courtesy: The artist and Metro Pictures,
New York
Céleste Boursier-mougenot
from here to ear
(
v.13
) 2010
from here to ear
(
v.13
) is a sound installation
by French artist céleste boursier-mougenot,
originally commissioned for the ‘21st
century: art in the First decade’ exhibition.
combining technical and aesthetic
elements, the work might be likened to
a musical score and can be appreciated
on both a structural and sensory level.
orchestrating a space for listening and
experiencing; the installation comprises
a group of ‘instruments’ constructed and
tuned to create an environment for finches
to feed, fly, rest and make music (through
interaction with the installation). rather
than ‘participation’ on the part of the viewer,
the artist is particularly interested in the
quality of human attention that arises
through experiencing the installation.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
/ France b.1961 /
fromhere toear
(
v.13
) (detail) 2010 / Five octagonal structures (each made in maple
and plywood), harpsichord strings, piano tuning pins, audio system
(contact microphones, amplifiers, guitar processors and speakers),
coathangers, feeding trays and bowls, seeds, water, nests, sand
and grass, ed. Unique / 400 x 1978 x 1852.1cm (installed, variable) /
Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation
Adel Abdessemed
Head on
2007–08
adel abdessemed considers a wide range
of personal and political themes in his
work, and often addresses social taboos,
presenting them as raw and uncomfortable
truths. abdessemed is also known for works
reflecting on the beauty and fragility of life.
his visual language is at once poetic
and provocative.
Head on
is based on a freehand drawing
of a brain. the crudely drawn mess of
lines transferred into thin white neon
tubes intersect and overlap, together,
communicating the visually complex pattern
of the cerebral cortex. the work playfully
alludes to the representation of thought —
the switching on of a light bulb — while
also suggesting ideas of enlightenment
and consciousness.
this work was acquired with a special
allocation from the Queensland art gallery
Foundation and the Queensland art gallery
Foundation grant.
Adel Abdessemed
/ Algeria b.1971 /
Headon
2007–08 / Neon /
300 x 249.9cm / Purchased 2011 with a special allocation from the
Queensland Art Gallery Foundation and the Queensland Art Gallery
Foundation Grant
