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Melbourne (Rope) (from 'The Homely' series 1997-2000) 1999

Artwork Melbourne (Rope) (from 'The Homely' series 1997-2000) this artwork made of Type C photograph on paper mounted on foam board, created in 1999-01-01
Accession No.
2008.043.001
Date Created
1999
Department
Pacific Art
Dimensions A
60 x 40cm
Edition
ed. 1/8
Media Category
Photograph
Secondary Media Category
type C photograph
Medium
Type C photograph on paper mounted on foam board
Place Created
Wellington, New Zealand
Credit Line
Purchased 2008. The Queensland Government's Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund
Gavin Hipkins's 'The Homely' series (Acc nos 2008.043.001 - 2008.043.080) features 80 images taken over four years of excursions, in New Zealand and Australia. The absence of people in these photographs, and the prevalence of the quotidian, punctuated by majestic vistas (which are often replicas) such as the lonely hawk looking down an awe-inspiring valley (Acc. no. 2008.043.044), all contribute to a deep questioning of the choice of images and their meaning. For whom do these images represent home? The multi-narrative series offers an uncanny and un-sequenced personal and public narrative, which draws on notions of the familiar to complicate ideas of nation and identification.

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