Susan Blunton
Yvonne Todd
This is one of the
photographs
in our collection.
It was made in
Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand
in 2002.
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Object Detail
About the Work
From
the
series
"Sea
of
Tranquility"
featuring
quintessential
Todd
models
posed
alone
and
staring
glumly
into
their
own
make
believe
reality.
These
'girls'
are
posed
in
non
descript
backgrounds
with
glazed-eye-stares
,
polished-but-dowdy
clothing
and
heavy
make
up,
all
which
contributes
to
their
fake
plastic,
doll
like
qualities.
In
a
conversation
with
Robert
Leonard
it
is
revealed
that
these
models
are
styled
in
the
fashion
of
the
daughters
of
Mormon
pastors,
and
that
Todd
has
a
self
confessed
"Christian
Envy".
She
says
of
this
series
and
other
works
with
a
Christian
reference
"
I
have
Christian
Envy.
I
want
to
belong.
I
want
to
be
special.
And
I
like
the
trappings
of
zealotry.
The
more
fervent
end
of
the
scale,
of
course.
People
like
Gramma
Cherbear,
whose
fanatical
religious
instruction
for
children
is
accompanied
by
poorly-executed
line
drawings
of
animals
that
look
really
scabby
and
squalid
and
fucked-up.
I'm
intrigued
by
her
disinterest
in
aesthetic
finesse,
along
with
the
plainness
of
those
girls
modelling
their
mother's
dowdy
home-made
garments.
I
want
to
recreate
some
of
that."
http://www.ima.org.au/pages/.exhibits/blood-in-its-various-forms...68.php
Measurements
Image 875 x 710 mm
Frame 1140 x 945 mm
Frame 1140 x 945 mm
Media
Colour C-type photographic print
Description
Colour photographic head and shoulders portrait of a woman with long hair wearing a white high necked shirt and gazing into the distance, 3/4 view
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua. Donated to the Sarjeant Gallery by The Thanksgiving Foundation, 2008.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Collection
Acquisition Date
18 Jun 2008
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Accession Number:
2008/4/5