Femalias
(1992)
Medium
drypoint and liftground aquatint on 12 sheets
Measurements
(108.0 × 78.0 cm) (sheet) (each)
Credit Line
Gift of an anonymous donor through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2023
© Courtesy of the artist
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
During his fifty-year career Mike Parr has produced series of works and performances that explore the limits of language and the body. In the early 1980s he began his long-running Self Portrait Project, which took on a new dimension towards the end of the decade when he started making etched self-portraits. The versatility of printmaking, and the possibility of reworking plates, enabled Parr to pursue endless variations of his image. This characteristic perfectly suited his exploration of the inherent instability and relative nature of the ‘self’. Femalias is one of the major works from the artist’s Self Portrait Project.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Edition
artist’s proof
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings