TY - ADVS
T1 - Fake Pearls
A2 - Crawford, Marian
N1 - 'Fake pearls' 3 & 4, 2018, each 76 x 56 cm, intaglio prints on cut paper, laser prints, thread.
'Untitled', 2018, 29.7 x 21cm (framed), laser print.
'Untitled', 2018, 10 x 17.7cm (framed), letterpress, laser print with fake pearls.
'The King', 2018, artist book. 28 x 18.5 x 0.6cm, intaglio prints.
Untitled zines, 2018, 21 x 14 x 0.3cm, laser prints.
'Untitled', 2018, 28 x 37cm (framed), intaglio print.
This work was made as part of a research network The News Network Project (TNNP). As a network of artists, we examine the dissemination and ubiquity of the News, the relationship of this dispersal of information to the fine art print, responding to current events and exploring how the fields of the news, current events, the print and contemporary art intersect.
Printed materials have a historical and a particular relationship with current events that are made public in newspapers, magazines, websites and other media outlets. Responding to and recontextualising these materials, TNNP pairs the print’s capacity for sharing and spreading topical information with the special significance of the print as fine art object utilising strategies of repetition, authenticity and repositioning.
'Fake Pearls' references a portrait of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia made with pearls on black velvet and further explores:
- the proposition that there could be 'fake' and 'not-fake' news
- the artistic lineage of Andy Warhol's celebrity portraits, and the power of an image to denote fame and power
- the pixel that converts an image into the language of the print
I worked with fellow women academics teaching in a university in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on three occasions between 2013 and 2016. The power structures of that country frightened me, and caused me to think about the lives of the women I worked with at Princess Nora University. This work is made with consideration of the privileges and freedoms that give me the power and capacity to work as a female artist in Melbourne, Australia.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
M3 - Commissioned or Visual Artwork
PB - c3 Contemporary Art Space
CY - Abbotsford, Vic, Australia
T2 - The News Network Project
Y2 - 11 April 2018 through 6 May 2018
ER -