Summer Encounter

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Title

Summer Encounter

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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Collection

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Description

oil on canvas 370 x 595 mm - nil Summer Encounter 1972-73 plays with the then current tensions between abstraction and figuration by portraying a feminised male as if he is a ‘peeping tom’. This articulation of a feminist perspective on men as ‘girly boys’ comically positions the viewer as having a female gaze. The fact that it is not immediatel...

Format

Image

Date created

1972-1973

Creator

Jan Nigro

URL

https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/16421

Related subjects

Painting

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