Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont
‘A gladiator class, envied by all the men, adored by all the women’
from the series ‘Heart of gold project 5, the all Australian surf lifesaver’ 2008
giclee print
76 x 51 cm
© Courtesy the artists
‘A gladiator class, envied by all the men, adored by all the women’
from the series ‘Heart of gold project 5, the all Australian surf lifesaver’ 2008
giclee print
76 x 51 cm
© Courtesy the artists
Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont are multidisciplinary artists, producers and performers with backgrounds in dance and music theatre. Since 2001 they have worked together in a practice that encompasses photography, performance, choreography, film, installation and design. Gill and Mata Dupont’s staged investigations into nationhood interweave references to Hollywood glamour, burlesque, Australiana kitsch and social realism. In their recent work, Gill and Mata Dupont explore historical uses of a fascist aesthetic in propaganda, as well as the cult of the heroic Australian athlete.