These photos by Polixeni Papapetrou of her daughter, from very young to early adulthood, are wonderful. The 'Alice' (and other Lewis Carroll) ones I like, unsurprisingly, including the trompe l'oeil painted backdrops, so too the 'Haunted Country' and 'Games of Consequence' ones, both interestingly shadowy but not overly heavy or dark. And the 'Eden' series, revelling in colour, proved a treat near the end.
The Petrina Hicks pieces were intriguing - at first blush coolly holding their mysteries both on the surface and at one remove, and on closer inspection showing themselves to be warmly humanistic.
(w/ Jade)
"Olympia as Lewis Carroll's Alice dreaming by the riverbank" (2003) - I wondered whether the figures in the background are intended to appear Aboriginal Australian, in a series of painted backdrops otherwise heavily shaped by Tenniel's illustrations
"The Wimmera 1864 #1" (2006) - unavoidably recalling Picnic at Hanging Rock though without any overt sinister elements
"Dreams are like water" (2008)
"Heart" (2016)
The Petrina Hicks pieces were intriguing - at first blush coolly holding their mysteries both on the surface and at one remove, and on closer inspection showing themselves to be warmly humanistic.
"Shenae and Jade" (2005) on the large dividing wall; I was also drawn to "The beauty of history" (2010) in the background, green drapes around white statue
The two close-up videos were compelling and somehow not abject or at least not scanning that way to me - this one was "Gloss" (2011) (the other was the butterfly on the open mouth)
(w/ Jade)
