This piece was made for a collage project. I was doing my research on Dada and came up with the idea of using a "Gimp-like" image in one of my works.
At the time I was painting a series which related to my fears and desires...I felt the "Gimp" image was perfect to express my thoughts on the subject of love, as I had recently heard a quote by Malcolm Maclaren (founder of The Sex Pistols) who said "The Gimp gets to a stage, where he cannot fuction without a mask to hide behind."
I felt this to be true of me in some ways, as at times in order to deal with certain situations, I also hide my feelings behind another version of me...I think if we are truely honest about things, we all do this to some degree.
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| Theatre Box |
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| Curtains up!
The gimp has one hand removed (this is why the doll was donated to me) it fitted in quite well with the whole feel of the piece.
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cinema ticket and song lyrics on walls
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tacks glued to neck to make spiked collar
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