Guardian
Tarryn GILL: artist
Soft sculptures by Tarryn Gill were created after an artist residence at the Sigmund Freud Museum, dedicated to the father of psychoanalysis. They directly reference Freud’s daughter Anna, also a psychoanalyst, who used to knit or weave while in session with her patients. They could be monster-portraits of our unconscious, or manifestations of safety-guards we have created for ourselves. In psychology, if something is definable, or visible, it can be confronted, rethought, reshaped and overcome.
Title
Guardian
Artist/Maker and role
Tarryn GILL: artist
Date
2014
Medium
foam, hair extensions, gemstones, thread, glow in-the-dark fimo, sub speaker
(power cords bundled in base section)
(power cords bundled in base section)
Measurements
51.0 x 20.0 cm
Credit line
Purchased through the Sir Claude Hotchin Art Foundation, The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2015
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2015/0013