Jemima & Dolly Brown
dal 2/11/2001 al 2/12/2001
Segnalato da
2/11/2001
Jemima & Dolly Brown
Vilma Gold, London
Currently living and working in London with synthetic twin sister and 'collaborator' Dolly Brown, Jemima Browns practice comprises sculpture, photography and video projects. Dolly developed from her role as a 'puppet' as Jemima began to put her in situations where she could act as a catalyst. Gradually Jemima and Dolly have both moved to the peripheries of the image, and other players - including works shown as sculptures such as the Sex Doll and Safety Man Joe dolls have taken centre stage.
Currently living and working in London with synthetic twin sister and
'collaborator' Dolly Brown, Jemima Browns practice comprises sculpture,
photography and video projects.
During time spent from 1998-99 working in Los Angeles as an artist in
residence, accompanied by Dolly, at the University of California, Los
Angeles Browns work became more of a 'collaboration' with Dolly.
Against the odds Jemima sought an active role for her 'clone' in the
making of the work, an endeavour which often appeared desperate or
foolish, given that Dolly is a plastic doll cobbled together from sex
doll parts, mannequin limbs and cast body parts from Jemima.
Dolly developed from her role as a 'puppet' as Jemima began to put her
in situations where she could act as a catalyst. Gradually Jemima and
Dolly have both moved to the peripheries of the image, and other players
- including works shown as sculptures such as the Sex Doll and Safety
Man Joe dolls have taken centre stage.
In their most recent work both Jemima and Dolly are present as joint
authors of the work, but neither are so directly physically apparent in
it.
In a new series of sculptures a loose family structure of furry and
feathered friends is emerging. Duckie, Snotty Little Rat and Cock Boy
are combination animal-not quite-children; more overtly nasty are a
group of 'little girl' dolls, who taking childhood snapshots as their
starting point have adult heads (assembled from various cast parts of
Jemima and Dolly) on child doll bodies.
A series of highly romanticised landscape photos place the Joe Doll in
idyllic rural scenes, whilst Big Joe Doll occupies a nastier side of
'love'. Purry Furry is a 'cat/lady', and the only adult doll modelled on
Jemima and Dolly.
Together Big Joe Doll and Purry Furry might be the parents of the
accompanying mutant brood...
Project Space:
John Hilliard & John Baldessari
Vilma Gold
66 Rivington St, London EC2A 3AY t 0207 613 1609 - f 0207 256 1242
open Thurs-Sun 12-6pm