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Item date(s): 2016

Alexia Ferreira


Medium: Fabric; Fabriano
Size: 230mm
Technique: Oil pastel
Edition: Unique

Sub-type: Sculptural book
Theme(s): Sexuality; Nature; Visual ambiguity

Place publication: Johannesburg
Publisher: The artist
Exhibition 2017

Reference note:
The book focuses on the theme of ambiguity. The images are not quite what they seem. The use of a peephole enforces this concept as it focuses on specific areas that bear similarities to female genitalia. Each page is exposed in a certain way. Each of these methods allow the viewer to undress the page to expose what lies beneath the restricting peephole. The ambiguous nature of this relationship between flower and female genitalia displays how genitalia has the capacity of both attraction and repulsion. Comprises of drawings that establish a dialogue between our aesthetic taste and ethical judgement. The book can only be opened by unbuttoning the jeans.

The cover mimics a pair of jeans and can only be opened through unbuttoning

Oil pastel on Fabriano, denim & various fabrics

230mm x 240mm

Exhibition notes:
‘Booknesses: Contemporary South African Artist's Books’. FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg. Curated by David Paton and Eugene Hon. 24 March - 5 May 2017



Ref: DP/17005


   


   


   


   


   



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