Andrea Gardner
Diver, 2024
archival photographic print, wood, printed banner
28 cm x 105 cm x 68 cm
NZ$ 4,500.00
Employing the theatrical props of magic and illusion the artist stages a vanishing act. There is a body of water with a wipe-clean surface, a box of sharp construction and...
Employing the theatrical props of magic and illusion the artist stages a
vanishing act. There is a body of water with a wipe-clean
surface, a box of sharp construction and a single image —
strained toes poised for descent.
Mystery and artifice surround
the arrangement - a smoke screen concealing hidden depths or the uncanny refusal
of main character energy. Gardener uses an absurdist sensibility to probe performative
gender and selfhood.