The Sucker

The Sucker

1989

Colour photograph, Cibachrome

Mått 100,00 x 100,00 cm Ram 102,50 x 102,50 x 3,50 cm

Fo 1/1991

Purchase, 1991

From the book “The Collection: The Gothenburg Museum of Art”, Gothenburg 2014: By combining objects according to the Surrealist principle of unexpected juxtapositions, Ingrid Orfali has created ambiguous, charged images. She works in a postmodern spirit with large-format colour photography. For example, she has photographed a lipstick inserted between the gaping jaws of a shark skeleton. The title The Sucker has overtones of breastfeeding, food, and eroticism, which contrasts with the image’s aggressive tone, with intense red set against black and white. Orfali’s art is notable for its interest in the image as an emblematic structure, where unexpected combinations result in disturbing and striking images. Johan Sjöström

Göteborg, Göteborgs konstmuseum, 13/02/2016 - 10/04/2016

Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Björn Fredlund, Anna Hyltze, Philippa Nanfeldt, Isabella Nilsson, Johan Sjöström, Samlingen Göteborgs konstmuseum, red. Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Anna Hyltze, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Göteborg 2014., p. 474, ill. p. 473