These drawings are situated within the home, which suggests the idea that the domestic space is now a part of the artwork. It enhances the subject matter by rethinking the significance of the home when we were in the previous lockdowns through the artist’s storytelling. Her choice of narrative and exhibition space is inclusive to every viewer, where it is rare to connect all kinds of people from different cultures, classes and backgrounds. There is a strong sense of humour through her drawings, where her artworks are placed in unconventional settings, such as in the toilet and the chickens in the kitchen. The fragmented pieces enhance a tactile feeling as they reflect the interior of the tiles, the blinds and the kitchen cupboards. The fragmentation could be symbolic of real-life where is it not always smooth and easy.
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Camberwell Residency 2021
I agree with the summary. Madison's portrays objects and products used in the house and she draw those objects in the context they were purchased. An example is the man buying the toilet rolls at the supermarket. The scene is drawn as a whole, in 9 sheets of brown paper which is the same size of the wall tiles. She then places the artwork over the toilet seat of her own house. By placing the drawings next to the toilet, she wants to remind us where the toilet rolls are purchased and how. Adding the context to the everyday object might be her way to highlight the provenience and maybe alluding at panic buying of the 2021 pandemic, which pushed buyers to stock up in what they thought was most essential. This piece seems to want us to stop and think about our own consumerism. This particular work remind me of the America by Maurizio Cattelan, in which the author uses the method producing a toilet seat in real life scale using gold, this maybe to draw attention to everyday object and how they affect each individual. The effect seems ironic in the same way as Madison’s work.