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      Speed (a study in oil and acrylic)

      Jenny Watson captures the power and beauty of champion race horse Black Caviar. Showing the thoroughbred in full flight, the painting suggests the raw speed only experienced by the jockey. The work is a portrait of a national icon composed in the established tradition: side on in full flight, and alone on the track. The work is based on a photograph of Black Caviar, which has been gridded and scaled up for the final composition. This substructure is still evident, the artist happy to divulge the technique employed. Each square of the grid upon closer inspection reveals itself as a small expressionistic painting, particularly evident in the lush green grass of the racetrack. Creating a tension between the distant and intimate viewing of the work, it is, as the subtitle declares,

      jenny watson (1951 –)

      Explore Jenny Watson's unique paintings blending text & imagery – autobiography, feminism, punk & fantasy. Discover her iconic style at the MCA Sydney & Heide.

      Ian Potter Museum of Art (Carlton, Australia)

      The Ian Potter Museum of Art is a learning museum of the University of Melbourne, situated at the Parkville Campus. Admission is free. The Potter Museum of Art and The University of Melbourne acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners of the land on which we work and create. Continue

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