Going O/S 1990

SENBERGS, Jan - Creator

Artwork Going O/S this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on paper, created in 1990-01-01

Accession No.: 2008.125
Date Created: 1990
Gallery location: Not on public display
Department: Contemporary Australian Art
Dimensions A: 169 x 142cm (sight)
Media Category: Painting
Secondary Media Category: synthetic polymer paint
Medium: Synthetic polymer paint on paper
Place Created: Melbourne, Vic.
Credit Line: Gift of Charles and Cornelia Goode through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

In Going O/S, Jan Senbergs reminds us of the near-omniscient vision that modern-day air travel provides travellers, picturing the experience as a great eye above looking down at the world. Yet the work is also an image of conformity: economy passengers are packed in like sardines, while first-class passengers float in extra oil. The restricted palette and dark sky suggest the dislocation, anxiety and alienation that sometimes accompany long-distance travel to unfamiliar places.

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