Gill Del-Mace 'Bobo' the field revisited penetrating poeticism

penetrating poeticism

Cast in a complex and personal light

Larwill has subsequently emerged as one of Australia's most distinctive contemporary artists

a colonial vessel making the voyage from England to Sydney

Gill Del-Mace 'Bobo' the field revisited penetrating poeticismGill Del Maces scenes lure the viewer like a laced lollipop into her fantastical carnival. Featuring tattooed ladies, contortionists and clowns like Bobo, her scenes recall a childhood spent in the circus, peeking behind the velvet curtain. Taking the friendly and rendering it sinister, Bobo evokes the same delicious terror as a good horror film, but with a better mise en scene. A figure of the shadows, Bobo is simultaneously iconic and anonymous,