The Crimean Wars: Cinderella
1985
Medium
oil, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on canvas
Measurements
240.0 × 175.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Shell Australia Limited, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2002
© Courtesy of the artist
Gallery location
Gallery 10
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Leaving her suburban childhood home in Box Hill, Jenny Watson found herself immersed in Melbourne’s energetic inner-city art and punk scene. The Crimean Wars series is her farewell to her life on Crimea Street in St Kilda in the mid 1980s, here expressed through an aggressive and scratched style of painting that emphasises gesture and the hand of the artist. Watson portrays herself as Cinderella, creeping home after midnight with high heels in hand – a moment in punk subculture captured through an image of youth and personal experience.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in orange paint l.c.: JW / 85
Accession Number
2002.282
Department
Contemporary Art
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
colours (hues or tints) lines (artistic concept) shoes (footwear) women (female humans)