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Details
- Place where the work was made
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New York
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New York
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United States of America
- Date
- 1981-1982
- Media category
- Collage
- Materials used
- collage of self-adhesive holographic film on plastic
- Dimensions
- 133.5 x 134.7 cm
- Signature & date
Signed verso, felt-tipped pen "David McDiarmid ... 1981".
- Credit
- Gift of Jeffrey Stewart 2024
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 19.2024
- Copyright
- © Estate of David McDiarmid/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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David McDiarmid
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About
The work of David McDiarmid traverses the complex and overlapping histories of art, fashion, craft, gay liberation, music, sex, and identity politics. McDiarmid was an interdisciplinary artist who played a pivotal role in shaping Australian visual culture in the 1980s and 1990s. He was a dedicated gay liberation activist, and his personal politics were intertwined with his art. His work explored and celebrated his own sexual identity while scrutinising the stigmatisation of homosexuality.
Made when McDiarmid was living in New York, Party time is an example of his early use of holographic film, a then innovative product that would become a signature element in later works such as Love and hate 1991 (182.2021). The collage’s synthetic and reflective materials typify the aesthetics of 1980s club culture. They are combined with decorative motifs sourced from the artist’s collection of pattern books used for quilting and embroidering - a distinctly camp merging of the nightclub with domestic craft practices.
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Places
Where the work was made
New York
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
David McDiarmid: when this you see remember me, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 09 May 2014–31 Aug 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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David McDiarmid and Sally Gray, David McDiarmid: When this you see remember me, Melbourne, 2014, 187.
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