Petrina Hicks Bleached Gothic Ngv Petrina Hicks Petrina hicks: bleached gothic is the first major survey exhibition of photographer petrina hicks. over her fifteen year career, hicks (1972– ) has gained a strong reputation for her large scale, hyperreal photographs that subvert and disrupt the photographic language of advertising and portraiture. Petrina hicks: bleached gothic included more than fifty photographs and video works spanning the period 2003 to 2019. seen together for the first time, hicks’s shimmering, enigmatic and surreal compositions convey the inherent ambiguity and complexity of the female experience.
Petrina Hicks Bleached Gothic Ngv Petrina Hicks Petrina hicks: bleached gothic is the first major survey exhibition of photographer petrina hicks. over her fifteen year career, hicks (1972– ) has gained a strong reputation for her large scale, hyperreal photographs that subvert and disrupt the photographic language of advertising and portraiture. Photographer petrina hicks and curator maria quirk each discuss the tension between familiarity and strangeness in this major exhibition. hicks’s interest in the ‘hyper real space’ draws inspiration from mythology and traditional gender representations. The first major survey exhibition of celebrated australian photographer petrina hicks, it includes more than 40 photograph and video works spanning the period 2003 to 2019. seen together for the first time, hicks’s shimmering and often surreal compositions convey the inherent ambiguity and complexity of the female experience. Her delicate sugared almond hues belie a dark unsettling undercurrent. at first her glance her world is smooth and flawless, but danger lurks nearby. voices are swallowed, snakes entwine bodies, and faces and identities are often hidden by symbols of fertility and sexuality.
Petrina Hicks Bleached Gothic Ngv Petrina Hicks The first major survey exhibition of celebrated australian photographer petrina hicks, it includes more than 40 photograph and video works spanning the period 2003 to 2019. seen together for the first time, hicks’s shimmering and often surreal compositions convey the inherent ambiguity and complexity of the female experience. Her delicate sugared almond hues belie a dark unsettling undercurrent. at first her glance her world is smooth and flawless, but danger lurks nearby. voices are swallowed, snakes entwine bodies, and faces and identities are often hidden by symbols of fertility and sexuality. Petrina hicks: bleached gothic is the first major survey exhibition of photographer petrina hicks. over her fifteen year career, hicks (1972– ) has gained a strong reputation for her large scale, hyperreal photographs that subvert and disrupt the photographic language of advertising and portraiture. Petrina hicks: bleached gothic is the first major survey exhibition of photographer petrina hicks. over her fifteen year career, hicks has gained a strong reputation for her large scale, hyperreal photographs that subvert and disrupt the photographic language of advertising and portraiture. Petrina hicks: bleached gothic is the first major survey exhibition of celebrated australian photographer petrina hicks. over her fifteen year career, the sydney based artist has gained a strong reputation for her enigmatic and multi layered photographs. Petrina hicks: bleached gothic is the first major survey exhibition of celebrated australian photographer petrina hicks. from ngv australia: the exhibition includes more than forty photograph and video works spanning the period 2003 to 2019.
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