Sandra
1968
from the Baby baby wild things portfolio 1968
Medium
colour screenprint
Measurements
75.0 × 47.6 cm (image) 89.0 × 58.6 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2014
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
Gallery location
Contemporary Art gallery
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
British artist Gerald Laing’s Baby Baby Wild Things portfolio is among the most celebrated of his late-1960s Pop prints. Named after an all-girl rock band formed by his wife, Galina, the series draws on the iconic imagery of pin-up girls, fashion models and starlets. Laing later remarked: ‘I was transfixed by the crude but powerful process used in poster advertisements … the cacophony of form and colour visible at short range, and the reassuring integrity of the image at a distance.’ This fascination is evident in the artist’s distinctive use of flat colour fields and enlarged halftone dots.
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Laing 26
Edition
ed. 57/200
Accession Number
2014.200
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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