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This painting came about after a trip to America and witnessing the farming processes undertaken there. The title of this diptych refers to this as being a golden age of consumerism. Living animals are considered commodities that are 'planted' in order to extract the highest dividend for the area they inhabit.
the Farm series
The farm series was the beginning of my examination into our relationship with cattle and animals. It also looked at the farmer as an iconic representation of New Zealand, its percieved 'masculinity' and works were created to attempt to describe how this manifests within portraiture
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