Conservative inconspicuous
1999-2000
Medium
rayon; digital print
Measurements
246.0 × 85.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Kaiser Bequest, 2000
© Courtesy of the artist
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
label, along bottom edge, printed black on cream: HAIR couture 2000 conservative inconspicuous douglas mcmanus
Accession Number
2000.106
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 orange and black. The image features a male figure, with his one arm outstretched head turned to the side. He is semi-clad with one half of his torso clothed in a white business shirt, the other, with overlapping magnified squares of computer generated contour lines. The background design consists of a grid of squares in two sizes, featuring a series of body details. All edges are finished with overlocking stitch in black thread, and a narrow reinforced channel situated along the top edge houses the display mechanism.