Jemima Wyman

Jemima Wyman

IMA at TCB

10 September–12 October 200810 Sep–12 Oct 2008

Mimicking the window displays in neighbouring boutiques, Brisbane artist Jemima Wyman’s TCB window installation More Jungle than Paradise draws on the subcultural style of street gangs and liberation armies. She displays her novel uniforms—balaclavas with fake eyes and plaid flannel shirts embroidered with face-mask logos—against a wallpaper mural densely patterned with images of the garments. Playing on the idea of urban camouflage, her garments suggest a means to mask individual identity while simultaneously asserting a group one.

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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