The Women (2013)

Jane Topping’s solo exhibition The Women references paranoid gothic texts, costume and gender definition to interrogate the power play of relationships.

Topping uses repetition and mirroring to highlight the anxiousness that accompanies looking and being looked at. Duty and desire, devotion and decadence are revealed in The Women through a collection of screenprints, collages, drawings and films. (Patricia Fleming Projects, Press Release)

The Women (8 Films), Video, 15:27 mins
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The Women (T-shirts), paper, graphite, screenprint, gaffa tape, clothes hangers, clothes rail.
The Women (Passions), men’s dress suit trousers, graphite on paper
The Women (Passions) (Detail), men’s dress suit trousers, graphite on paper
The Women (C’mon), Screenprint & digital print
The Women (Mirror), hardboard, silver leaf & latex
The Women (Mirror), hardboard, silver leaf & latex
The Women (Black Phone), Screenprint, plastic, charcoal, newsprint & bow tie.
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The Women (Lips), Paper on screenprint