VCA ART 2022

Tess Wardrop

Graduate Certificate of Visual Art

Drawing on a background in the law, my work explores the lingering impact of our society’s patriarchal foundations on the ongoing prevalence of gender-based violence.

Their Ancient Privilege is a body of oil paintings featuring recognisable scenes from the Australian home. Hidden within the paintings is UV text copied from William Blackstone's The Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769). The text relays confronting notions regarding a husband's power and control over his wife.

By juxtaposing nostalgic and comforting scenes from the home with Blackstone's text, my work asks the viewer to consider where the principles of the past lurk today, questioning the meaning of safety in our own domestic spaces.

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Tess Wardrop, Their Ancient Privilege , oil and UV pen on canvas, framed in Tas Oak, 2022. Documentation by SLACK.
Tess Wardrop, Their Ancient Privilege, oil and UV pen on canvas, framed in Tas Oak, 2022. Documentation by SLACK.
Tess Wardrop, Their Ancient Privilege, oil and UV pen on canvas, framed in Tas Oak, 2022. Documentation by Fern Cook.
Tess Wardrop, Their Ancient Privilege, oil and UV pen on canvas, framed in Tas Oak, 2022. Documentation by Fern Cook.

Graduate Certificate of Visual Art

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Tess Wardrop

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