Antipodean Waltz
2018 3D printed heads, 3 silk dresses with graphite drawing, reimagined from 1822 Ball Gown, collection of Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney. Encouraging reflection on the post-industrial revolution colonists, meeting the hunter gatherer society of the indigenous Australians. With these hybrid kangaroo figures, the interpretation of events by both sides is represented. Inspired by Indigenous rock art from the time of colonization, and scientific colonial drawings of corroborees, hunting and fishing. Glynn brings these two views together in this work.
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Anna Glynn
Native Dog Swallows Julia Johnstone
2020
watercolour and pencil on Arches paper
65 x 102cm / 88 x 122cm framed
Finalist 2021 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing
Anna Glynn
Stubbs Dingo Swallows Ponies
2020
watercolour and pencil on Arches paper
65 x 102cm / 93 x 120cm framed
In this reimagined hybrid landscape, Glynn references 'Portrait of a Large Dog' (Dingo), commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and painted from an inflated pelt by the acclaimed British painter, George Stubbs.
An inaccurate Australian native fauna silhouette swallows a menagerie of loosely stylized ponies by Stubbs to create a romantic antipodean anomaly.
Anna Glynn
Antipodean Wonderland Tableaux Stubbs Dingo
2017
Ink, watercolour & pencil on Arches paper
51 x 66 cm / 75 x 87 cm framed
A fantastical reimagining referencing George Stubbs Dingo Kongouro from New Holland (1768–71)
Joseph Banks sent a dingo pelt to London from the colonies and commissioned Stubbs to paint this new creature. Stubbs apparently had the skin sewn together and inflated it as his reference for the final painting.