Art
Every Doll has its Day
- Artists
- Carmen Garaghon, Rob Franksdad
Exhibition by artist Carmen Garaghon and photoghrapher Rob Franksdad, documenting what happens when grown-ups play with dolls.
Using sculpture, photography, print and moving image to create a visual narrative, the exhibition showcases how two artists respond to each other when playfulness and seriousness are not separate.
It explores the ideas that dolls are more than a toy, and that playing is much more than the domain of children.
“Everyone knows what a doll is: however, when we talk about dolls in the western world we are often referring to them as a toy. In other parts of the world they are viewed with much more significance, they are important sacred objects and there is a crossing over and blending between a toy and the sacred object.
“Dolls can blur the boundary between play and ritual, cause the inanimate to become animate and stimulate the imaginary and spiritual world. By creating changes through play it can be possible to create changes which become tangible in the real world.
“Made in the city but brought to life in natural places, the dolls articulate both the tension between these locations, each with their own distinct culture and aesthetic, and how we can feel deeply connected to multiple locations.
“The concept of play and the real world leaking into each other is explored through a series of photographs which also function as guide to the self: a manifesto that reclaims Puritan names, such as Hope, Faith, and Unity as a form of self-enquiry. It explores how we construct meaning in our lives and navigate between the material and the immaterial, the visible and the invisible.
“Humans have created dolls in every culture throughout our history, showing that they are a way of expressing a culture’s beliefs and values.
“Every Doll has its Day hopes to contribute to these ideas, exploring the dolls multiple and complex significance as symbols, often intertwined with spirituality, ritual, communal and personal identities.”
Oct 5-7, SPACE, West St, Old Market, 12-6pm. Opening night Fri 5, 6-10pm.
For more info, visit Instagram #carmengaraghon and #thedigitaldropout
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