Fahima, Katy, Clare : Newcastle, 1999; The Three Graces : Le Grazie, Antonio Canova, 1815 - 17 : the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh...
About this artwork
By showing these Newcastle girls next to Antonio Canova's TheThree Graces, Jane Brettle wants to challenge our notions of femininity. We can't help asking a set of complementary questions: Is spotless marble more appealing than the skin of ordinary women? Do the perfect bodies of the graces have any character at all compared to the three girls whose strong individuality the photographer captures so well? How can three completely naked bodies say so little about women, and three casually dressed girls tell so much?
Updated before 2020
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artist:Jane Brettle (born 1943) British
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title:Fahima, Katy, Clare : Newcastle, 1999; The Three Graces : Le Grazie, Antonio Canova, 1815 - 17 : the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 1999 from the series 'Restoration Works'
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date created:2000
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materials:Digitally altered colour photograph
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measurements:88.00 x 204.00 cm (framed: 114.00 x 228.00 x 5.50 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 2001
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accession number:PGP 278.1
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Jane Brettle
Jane Brettle
Jane Brettle is an artist and associate senior lecturer in Contemporary Photographic Practice at Northumbria University in Newcastle. She studied fine art and photography in Bristol, Sunderland and Derby. In 1988 she co-established Photography Workshop and Portfolio Gallery in Edinburgh. A founding...