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| "Beached" |
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| "Pooped" |
Images courtesy of artist and Bruce Gallery
The latest exhibition at BruceGallery by artist Chelsea Hopper gives us insight into the practice of
sunbathing by seniors. What comes to mind is contemporary version of The Sunbaker
by Max Dupain.
Random individuals are
photographed on various beaches throughout Perth tanning on towels oblivious to
their surroundings. Enlarged postcards of retirement in its glorious form.
Hopper has used the out-dated mode of film in an SLR camera. She had the images
printed and then Hooper enlarged them herself.
One image titled "Pooped" is of a man who is
lying facedown under a tree on a beach, fully clothed taking a rest from the
world. He looks to be a tourist that is lost and stranded and is exhausted
falls onto the sand. Another image titled "Beached" depicts a woman with a floral swimsuit,
facedown on a towel with her belongings for the day beside her. It could be her
only solace between looking after grandchildren and cooking for the husband.
Hopper has creatively
depicted this genre of people, not the grey nomads but the over sun-kissed
retirees, busking in all their glory.
Until the 17th of
November, 2012
http://www.bruce.org.au/
http://www.chelseahopper.com/
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