Lincoln Road, Ponsonby
Glenn Jowitt, Artist
This is one of the
photographs
in our collection.
It was made in
Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand
in 1981.
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Object Detail
About the Work
Athol
McCredie
writes:
"Glenn Jowitt’s photographs of Pacific Islanders…can be assumed to have political intentions insofar as they also ‘bring to awareness’ by presenting a positive, sympathetic picture of the richness of various island cultures. Jowitt’s apparent wish to counter the Polynesia of the tourist brochure by offering an alternative, ‘truer’ view does, however, run the risk of his photographs being read with no less a tourist sensibility than the brochures. Polynesian life, it can be argued, is something to be experienced, not viewed on a gallery wall."
"Glenn Jowitt’s photographs of Pacific Islanders…can be assumed to have political intentions insofar as they also ‘bring to awareness’ by presenting a positive, sympathetic picture of the richness of various island cultures. Jowitt’s apparent wish to counter the Polynesia of the tourist brochure by offering an alternative, ‘truer’ view does, however, run the risk of his photographs being read with no less a tourist sensibility than the brochures. Polynesian life, it can be argued, is something to be experienced, not viewed on a gallery wall."
Measurements
Image: 262 x 392mm
Media
cibachrome print
Description
Colour photograph of a bedroom interior focussed on a single bed covered in a pink flowery bedspread. Laid out on the bed are eight straw hats in two rows of four. The hats are all different colours with floral decorations on them made out of the straw. The room has a floral carpet and the gauzy curtains have an orange floral design. The light is coming in through the window above the head of the bed creating a light shadow on the wall of the slatted blinds.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Purchased, 1985
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
Jul 1985
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Accession Number:
1985/16/2