Scarred for life (suite of nine)
Tracey MOFFATT: artist
Scarred For Life presents powerful images of trauma. Their impact is heightened by the titles and annotations beneath each image. The photo-essay format of this work is borrowed from LIFE magazine of the 1960s. This format gives the work an intimate yet documentary feel. Although the scenes in the suite are fictitious, they resemble many people’s childhood experiences. Moffatt reminds us that language has the power to shape us in profound ways.
Title
Scarred for life (suite of nine)
Artist/Maker and role
Tracey MOFFATT: artist
Date
1994
Medium
off set prints on paper
Measurements
80.0 x 60.0 cm (unframed each)
Credit line
Purchased 1996
© Tracey MOFFATT, 1994
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1996/0043.1-9