Dates
1–31 August 2020
Time
10:00 am –
5:00 pm
Cost
Free
This display features Margaret Dodd’s radical ceramic sculptures and her iconic filmi(1982), alongside related works by her contemporaries.
First exhibited at AGSA in 1977, Margaret Dodd’s avant-garde series This Woman Is Not a Car shaped a period of cultural revolution and feminist awareness in Australia. The series – consisting of a film and ceramic sculptures that adapted the iconic Holden car ‘dressed’ as babies, mothers and brides – blends reality with fantasy in a critique of modern Australian society.
This exhibition celebrates the enduring significance of Dodd’s pioneering vision and the Gallery’s important recent acquisition of this major body of work. It includes Dodd’s sculptures, film, costumes and props, as well as prints and photographs made by the artist’s contemporaries, Doug Nicholas, Jan Mackay and Clay Glen. On display in Gallery 17.