Simone O'Brien / by Deborah Kelly and collaborators

  • Kelly, Deborah, 1962-
Date:
2014
Reference:
3198528i
Part of:
No human being is illegal (in all our glory), 2014-2019
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Simone O'Brien / by Deborah Kelly and collaborators. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Simone O'Brien from No Human Being Is Illegal (in all our glory). Collaged photograph by Deborah Kelly and collaborators, 2014-2018.

Publication/Creation

2014.

Physical description

1 collage : colour photographic print on aluminum, mixed media collage ; 210 x 109 cm

Series

Contributors

Notes

One in a series of 20 life-sized collaborative photographic portraits originally commissioned for the 19th Biennale of Sydney 'You Imagine What You Desire', held 21 Mar 2014 - 9 Jun 2014.
"'I have had a total colectomy (removal of the large intestine) and have a great scar from breast bone to pubic bone.' Simone was an acrobat, whose survival of illness and injury has given her an intense life force. Based on the Japanese practice of 'kintsugi', her scar has been celebrated in gold, contributed by the people of Albury."--Quote from Simone O'Brien and artist's notes on subjects.
Title supplied by artist.

Exhibitions note

Exhibited at the 19th Biennale of Sydney 'You Imagine What You Desire', 21 March 2014 - 9 June 2014.
Exhibited in an Australian touring exhibition 'No Human Being Is Illegal (in all our glory)', 2015 - 2018.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3198528i

Ownership note

Purchased by Wellcome Collection in 2019

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