IMAGE IS LOADING, PLS BE PATIENT.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
woo. my colleague just sneezed a horrendous sneeze. REALLY scary sneeze. It almost blew me off my chair. THAT scary. And I literally jumped at it okey. And to add to the effect of how loud it was, I was on my earphones. And then I laughed - at the funny part of me jumping at my seat at his sneeze - eh, if someone saw what happened the person would be on rolling on the floor can?
okey anyway, that was not my point of post. I was going to write about the gallery I just went during my lunchtime. yes, I know. I wasn't supposed to, but I thought I would just take a while. I don't know how long I took in the end, but my "lunchtime" was 1hr50mins.
It was at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. I was captured by the theme "Raised by Wolves" - it is a rich and challenging exhibition, which raises questions about how we view and live within family groupings and what is expected of us as family members in today's society. The phrase 'raised by wolves' has entered western culture as a figurative short-hand compressing numberous ideas. To be raised by wolves is to escape social control, its limitations and controls, as well as its safety net.
The 26 international and Australian artists featured in the exhibition explore various non-traditional family structures as well as the emotional and social consequences of the nuclear family itself through photographs, paintings, sculpture, video and installation.
3 out of these 26 interest me. In order of preference actually.
1] Hein-Kuhn Oh's work on both within and against an established photographic genre - the fetishistic schoolgirl portrait, where highschool girls (especially in asia) are seen not as mere adolescents but as what they can become in the collective male fantasy such as hostess workers or sexual objects. In response the young women both resist and knowingly play up to their demands. - When I first saw the photographs, I thought of that. As in before I read her explanation of her work. So I guess it was captured pretty well and brought the point across quite simply but strong. The girls featured were not real life sexual workers or hostess workers but they were selected from an acting school. The picture was not cluttered with many things trying to make u think that but it was just a simple background, plain and the girl/girls. And it's sad as you think - it's true especially in Japan, korea where these things go on - and even in other parts of asia like maybe thailand?
2] Tracy Mofatts's work - Scarred for Life - It's a series of photo narratives based on the real life experiences of her friends and family. - Some were just funny.
3] Darren Sylvester's work on contemporary youth culture.
It's still on if u were interested. I think till.....June?
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