Good news! Geelong Gallery has reopened, which means their exhibition JACKY REDGATE: HOLD ON has resumed.
Jacky’s work in HOLD ON sees her contaminating the objective geometries of her backgrounds with toys and dolls that are redolent of childhood.
The key reference point in these new works is the 1957 book by Dare Wright, called The Lonely Doll, in which the author established scenarios and photographs of a doll and her 2 teddy bear friends in a series of unsettling narratives that speculated on friendship and loneliness.
In JACKY REDGATE: HOLD ON, the artist examines how we negotiate and construct memories through photographic images, drawing on her long-standing interest in visual storytelling.
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Jacky Redgate, HOLD ON #8, 2019-20, pigment ink on fabric, 197 x 203 cm