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When Was The Last Time
When Was The Last Time
When Was The Last Time

When Was The Last Time

Artist (Purbrook, Hampshire, England, born 1968)
Date1997
Mediumdust on 2 panels of glass with eight screws on acrylic covers
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 76.2 cm, Width: 59.9 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1998 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and with income from the Murray Fund.
Copyright© the copyright holder
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG012378
Keywords
About MeEmma Smith is Artist Partner and co-founder of the collaborative practices Delta Arts and SubRural, both of which explore elements and artistic possibilities relating to rural and urban environments.

This is one of a series of double panelled glass dust drawings. The images are inspired by real graffiti drawings which the artist has seen and noted down. The quote for this work comes from an advertising billboard for beauty products but here is juxtaposed with a graphic, sexually explicit image which serves to question the meaning of the phrase, contemporary attitudes to the female body and to perception of self.