Facts About On Parr
i In light of Mike Parr’s NGA Retrospective
ii An established male artist
iii Georgia Banks offers a new perspective
iv An emerging female artist
v Camera Poem, Drip Blood From Your Finger onto the Lens of a Camera 1972
vi Drip 2015
vii an oral fixation
vii Have a Burning Match Dropped onto Your Bare Chest (Wound by Measurement) 1973
ix Drop 2015
x sex and death
xi The Emetics (Primary Vomit): I am Sick of Art [Red, Yellow and Blue] 1977
xii I Am Sick 2016
xiii be sweet
xiv Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction 1979
xv Blackleg Mama/Papa 1993
xvi Black Box 2017
xvii disappear here
xvii Have a Branding Iron Made Up with the word ARTIST. Brand this Word on Your Body 1973
xviii Brand 2017
xix we all have one
xx Brand will be performed live March 3 6pm – 8pm
xxi The artist will sit for viewing in the gallery March 8 / 10 / 15 / 17 / 22 | 12pm – 6pm
On Parr is an exhibition of video and performance, in which each piece is a reperformance of work by Mike Parr, arguably Australia’s best known performance artist. This show uses the attention currently focussed on Parr to initiate a conversation surrounding performance art at an emerging level, as well as subverting Parr’s works as a means to discuss female subjectivity, exploring what it means to be a female emerging artist engaging with the works of a male prominent art figure.