A Second Version of Nurse Furley: A Portrait of my Grandmother, Dorothy
Fiona Pardington, Artist
About the Work
Fiona
Pardington’s
fields
of
investigation
have
been
psychoanalysis,
medicine,
voyeurism,
memory
and
the
body,
the
history
of
the
photographic
image
and
the
nature
of
the
relationship
between
the
photographer
and
subject,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
sexual
difference,
through
the
ambiguities
of
a
simultaneous
solicitation
and
resistance.
She
is
best
known
as
a
specialist
in
‘pure’
or
analogue
photographic
darkroom
technique,
most
notably
hand
printing
and
toning.
Measurements
Image 596 x 518mm
Frame 595 x 516mm
Frame 595 x 516mm
Media
black & white photograph, selenium & gold toned on paper
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of an old woman wearing a white veil. Border around the image is collaged and painted over printed paper. The woman is the artist's grandmother Dorothy.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery, Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Purchased, 1991.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
1991
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Artist:
Nationality:
Iwi / Ethnicity:
Accession Number:
1991/11/1