The hidden order of the whole (Venus)
(2021)
- Medium
- inkjet prints
- Measurements
- 278.4 × 371.2 × 11.4 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Accession Number
- 2022.35
- Department
- International Photography
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2022
© Todd Gray - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Todd Gray’s work the hidden order of the whole (Venus) is made up of four individually framed photographs that are layered together to create a large-scale sculptural installation. It includes images of historical European gardens, ancient sculptures and a photograph of a dancer who Gray photographed when working with musician MC Hammer. By putting together these seemingly disparate images Gray invites us to reconsider history, as he described it, ‘by juxtaposing signifiers of the West, signifiers of colonisation, and signifiers of the African diaspora I turn photography on its head to show that I am raising questions’.