Glamour Studio (Locker Room)
Photograph
1999 (made)
1999 (made)
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Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex in 1966, Bridget Smith graduated from Goldsmiths College, London in 1995. She received critical acclaim for an early series in which she captured the curtained proscenium arches of old fashioned cinemas (1994) in large scale, colour saturated prints.
Glamour Studio was presented to the museum by BMW Financial Services Group in return for professional advice in 1998-1999. It depicts a purpose-built locker room set in a studio. Part of a series entitled Making Your Dreams Come True the work results from a commission awarded by BMW Financial Services Group. Of the work, Smith states, 'I have chosen to photograph sets from the world of glamour photography, as play-acting seems such an integral part of dreaming. Each set offers the potential of the viewer to enter a new role and to act out their own fantasies'.
Glamour Studio was presented to the museum by BMW Financial Services Group in return for professional advice in 1998-1999. It depicts a purpose-built locker room set in a studio. Part of a series entitled Making Your Dreams Come True the work results from a commission awarded by BMW Financial Services Group. Of the work, Smith states, 'I have chosen to photograph sets from the world of glamour photography, as play-acting seems such an integral part of dreaming. Each set offers the potential of the viewer to enter a new role and to act out their own fantasies'.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Glamour Studio (Locker Room) (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | C-type print |
Brief description | Photograph, 'Glamour Studio (Locker Room)', by Bridget Smith, 1999 |
Physical description | Aluminium photograph of a purpose built locker room set in a studio. A wooden bench is in the middle of the set surrounded by lockers on either side. Squash and badminton rackets hang on the wall. |
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Copy number | 1 of 3 |
Gallery label |
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Credit line | Given by BMW Financial Services Group |
Object history | Glamour Studio (Locker Room) was presented to the museum by BMW Financial Services Group in return for professional advice in 1998-1999. Part of a series entitled Making Your Dreams Come True the work results from a commission awarded by BMW Financial Services Group. |
Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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Summary | Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex in 1966, Bridget Smith graduated from Goldsmiths College, London in 1995. She received critical acclaim for an early series in which she captured the curtained proscenium arches of old fashioned cinemas (1994) in large scale, colour saturated prints. Glamour Studio was presented to the museum by BMW Financial Services Group in return for professional advice in 1998-1999. It depicts a purpose-built locker room set in a studio. Part of a series entitled Making Your Dreams Come True the work results from a commission awarded by BMW Financial Services Group. Of the work, Smith states, 'I have chosen to photograph sets from the world of glamour photography, as play-acting seems such an integral part of dreaming. Each set offers the potential of the viewer to enter a new role and to act out their own fantasies'. |
Bibliographic reference | Jone Elissa Scherf (Ed.) Making Your Dreams Come True: Young British Photography. Germany : Hatjie Cantz Publishers, 2001. ISBN 3-7757-1119-8 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.797-2000 |
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Record created | July 5, 2000 |
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