Fashionable conforming
1999-2000
Medium
rayon; digital print
Measurements
246.0 × 85.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Kaiser Bequest, 2000
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
label, along bottom edge, printed in black on cream: HAIR couture 2000 fashionable conforming douglas mcmanus
Accession Number
2000.105
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Physical description
Textile hanging of cupromonium rayon fabric, with a large format digital print in shades of blue and black. The image features a male figure, with hands over his crotch. The surface of this body is partially covered by computer generated contour lines. The background consists of a grid of squares in two sizes, featuring a series of details of the body. The lower section of the hanging features four rows of smaller entirely computer generated version of the central figure in graduating flesh tones on a cream ground. All edges are finished with overlocking stitch in black thread, and a narrow reinforced channel situated along the top edge houses the display mechanism.