Bird of Paradise

Maker
Girlie Pics meets Big Daddy (Miranda Playfair and Chris Sainsbury)
Production date
Jul 2000
 Description
Bird of Paradise playfully references tropes about gender and taste, high and low art and technology. In the style of a domestic, scenic mirror, popular last century, it is ‘nana art’ run riot. This work was a finalist in the 2001 Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award.

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Maker
Production date
Jul 2000
Media/Materials
Cast glass, mirror, photograph, light, motor and polarized filter film
Measurements
1000mm diameter, 90mm depth
Production place
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Collection
Visual Arts
Department collection type
Visual Arts
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
2001/23/4

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