Allyson Clay, Untitled (He didn't ask her much...), 1991 (BG5452). Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork

Untitled (He didn't ask her much...)

Artist/Creator: Allyson Clay (Artist)
Date: 1991
ID #: BG5452

Physical Description

Medium: screen print
Support: paper
Dimensions: 76 cm 56.6 cm (Frame)
Object Description: Written in the third person, Allyson Clay’s Untitled (He didn’t ask her much…) (1991) uses text and ambiguous storytelling to highlight a lack of critical female representation in the collections of art institutions. Clay uses the hot-pink text and an uncomfortable humour to assert a relationship between a male curator or director and a female artist. The artist’s use of anonymous pronouns could denote the experiences of Clay or other female colleagues, and raises issues of equity and the tokenistic collecting practices that museum and gallery spaces continue to employ, which remain relevant 30 years after the work’s creation.

History

Collection: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2018
Related Exhibitions: Beginning with the Seventies: GLUT

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