Miranda Murphy
Anna Gaskell “Untitled #47 (Hide)”
1998 chromogenic pint on paper mounted onto aluminum
I selected this image because it looked different than the other images in the series. Many of Gaskells images are about the pressures of being a young women and this image illustrates to me that concept in a more metaphoric way. Rather than ripping ourselves or one another apart, this image shows oneself ‘hiding’ under someone, as if they are trying to hide who they really are. This seems more the life that young women follow internally when faced with their identity and fitting into societal norms.
The side light makes for an interesting shadow of the subjects where it almost looks like the top girl is eating the others face. As does it bring us to be able to see just enough of the space and still give it an ominous feeling, to make one think that something is not right.
