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Tracey Moffatt  born 1960

Tracey Moffatt from Scarred for Life, Mother's Day, 1975 1994
© Tracey Moffatt

from Scarred for Life (P78100-P78108; complete)

Mother's Day, 1975  1994

Off-set lithographic print on paper
image: 800 x 600 mm
on paper, print

Purchased 1998

P78106
Drawing on memories from the artist's childhood, these works mimic photo spreads from the American magazine Life. The terse captions hint at the traumatic stories behind the images. Moffatt has commented: 'A person can make a passing comment to you when you are young and this can change you forever. You can be "scarred for life" but it isn't necessarily a bad thing. The photographs can be read as both tragic and comic - there is a thin line between both.'
 (From the display caption August 2004)