When Mauve Does the Tango is an exploration of Staged Photography. Works by Andrea Gardner, and by other artists from the Arts House Trust collection, show the artist (or other people) as characters inserted into the compositions. They are usually in forms of disguise using clothing, wigs, masks, cardboard and paper shapes, etc. Gardner explores identity, selfhood, and the psychological tension found in female experience. She is interested in juxtaposing the familiar with the unexpected and how artifice mixed with reality can create “truthful fictions” and unexpected narratives; which might be playful, absurd, poetic, or enigmatic.
Artist Talk: Friday 31 May, 11am-12pm
FREE Event
