ZARA WORTH
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    • Cutting together-apart
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    • Icon (Flower Headband)
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    • Quotations I, II, III
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    • A drawing made by cutting up my body weight in celery
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    • Cutting together-apart
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    • Think of a door (temptation/redemption)
    • Venerating Images
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    • #Portal (at NCA)
    • #Portal (at LINZ FMR)
    • Thresholds
    • Veil (Bow Headband)
    • Shroud (Flower Headband)
    • Icon (Flower Headband)
    • Prayer Hands (iPad poses)
    • Quotations I, II, III
    • The Artist's Presence
    • Quotations I, II, III
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Shroud

(​2020)
[Imitation gold leaf on polythene]
Part of an on-going body of works, Shroud, uses semi-transparent polythene as a ground for a gilded painting depicting loosely drawn flowers. The motif of five flowers in a coronet formation references the selfie-filter headband popular on social media platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat. In these images the painting takes on a sculptural form, draped over a painters’ easel creating an uncanny effect, which combined with the diaphanous materiality of the polythene lends the piece a ghostly appearance. The materials and imagery referenced in Shroud allude to themes of value, reverence and presence in relation to social media self-portraiture, the role of the artist, the aura of the artwork, and religious icons.
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  • WORK
    • Cutting together-apart
    • New Shrines (Hope)
    • Thinking-through images
    • Think of a door (temptation/redemption)
    • Venerating Images
    • Sculpting Pixels
    • #Portal (at NCA)
    • #Portal (at LINZ FMR)
    • Thresholds
    • Veil (Bow Headband)
    • Shroud (Flower Headband)
    • Icon (Flower Headband)
    • Prayer Hands (iPad poses)
    • Quotations I, II, III
    • The Artist's Presence
    • Quotations I, II, III
    • Herself
    • Wellness
    • A drawing made by cutting up my body weight in celery
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