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Janine Miller - MFA examination

Summary

The project’s objective is to challenge the derogation of postmenopausal women who are often considered to be worthless in contemporary Western society.

Start Date

Aug 17, 2018 12:00 pm

End Date

Aug 31, 2018 5:00 pm

Venue

Plimsoll Gallery


The Golden Years: Reimaging postmenopausal womanhood.


Janine Miller, 2018, There’s Life in the Old Girl Yet, Assemblage, recycled table, women’s stockings, fibre-fill, shoes, washing machine hose, plaster, paint, metallic gilding foils, dimensions variable.

Image credit: Janine Miller, 2018, There’s Life in the Old Girl Yet, Assemblage, recycled table, women’s stockings, fibre-fill, shoes, washing machine hose, plaster, paint, metallic gilding foils, dimensions variable.


The project’s objective is to challenge the derogation of postmenopausal women who are often considered to be worthless in contemporary Western society. My assemblage sculptures seek to reimage older women as valuable, smart, adaptable, resilient, funny, wise, interesting and vital.


Opening event: Fri 17 Aug, 5.30 – 7.00 pm
Exhibition dates: Sat 18 – Fri 31 Aug


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