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Provenance
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003
Another example of this image is in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Exhibited
Another example of this image was exhibited in:
'd-tour', Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 14 August - 6 September 2003
'Destiny Deacon: Walk & don't look blak', Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 26 November 2004-30 January 2005; Cultural Centre Tjibaou, Noumea, New Caledonia 1 June - 28 August 2005; ADAM Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 2005; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 29 April - 11 June 2006; Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 2006
Literature
Another example of this image is illustrated in:
E Macgregor, N King, B Croft, L Reihana, D Mundine, M Langton, R Bell, H Perkins, 'Destiny Deacon: Walk & don't look blak', exhibition catalogue, MCA, Sydney, 2005 (illus. front cover & p. 67)
B French & D Palmer, 'Twelve Australian Photo Artists', Piper Press, Sydney, 2009, illus. p.44
"Dorothy lies inert, perhaps delirious, on a lion's lap, resplendent in a red costume with tiny sparkly shoes and a bow in her hair. Deacon's rendition of the Judy Garland Technicolor classic - 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) - replaces the enchantment of the dazzling land of Oz with the TIn Man holding an axe adjacent to a dishevelled Scarecrow. This is no Emerald City. Positioned below a row of poppies, Deacon's title alludes to 'tall poppies' and an Aussie version of this famous road movie. Here traits are exposed, feelings and mixed emotions uncovered in a parodic setting. Characters seem to be acting up and acting out." (N King, 'a laugh and a tear in every photo', ''Destiny Deacon: Walk & don't look blak', exhibition catalogue, MCA, Sydney, 2005, p. 18)
Image courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney