Glamour Studio (Bathroom Suite)
Photograph
1999 (made)
1999 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
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) on large scale, colour saturated prints.
Glamour Studio (Bathroom Suite) was presented to the museum by BMW Financial Services Group in return for professional advice in 1998-1999. It depicts a purpose-built bathroom suite set in a studio. Part of a 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 (Bathroom Suite) was presented to the museum by BMW Financial Services Group in return for professional advice in 1998-1999. It depicts a purpose-built bathroom suite set in a studio. Part of a 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 (Bathroom Suite) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | C-type print |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'Glamour Studio (Bathroom Suite)', by Bridget Smith, England, 1999 |
| Physical description | Photograph of a bathroom suite within a purpose built studio. A burgundy corner bath is flanked by two white plastic pot plants. A black and white photograph of a semi-naked woman is hung on the wall. Towards the left of the photograph, the corner of an additional set is visible. |
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| Gallery label | This bathroom interior is not what it might, at first glance, simply appear to be. It is in fact one of several different constructed sets for a 'Glamour Studio' used in the pornography industry. Each themed set is the stage for a potential sexual fantasy. Bridget Smith's work often deals with spaces that are intended for some kind of performance, from cinemas to sound studios. These spaces are strangely redundant for most of the time, seemingly poised, awaiting an event to take place to make sense of them.(2008-2009) |
| Credit line | Given by BMW Financial Services Group |
| Object history | This photograph was the result of a commission from the BMW Financial Services Group. All works are based on the theme, Making Your Dreams Come True. The works are hanging in the BMW headquarters in Hook, Hampshire. Two works by each artist were given to the photography collection. |
| Historical context | Bridget Smith graduated from Goldsmiths College of Art in 1995. Her peers included Liam Gillick, Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst and Mat Collishaw. Her photographs often deal with the performance space, exposing the means of production. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
| Subjects depicted | |
| 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) on large scale, colour saturated prints. Glamour Studio (Bathroom Suite) was presented to the museum by BMW Financial Services Group in return for professional advice in 1998-1999. It depicts a purpose-built bathroom suite set in a studio. Part of a 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'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.796-2000 |
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| Record created | July 5, 2000 |
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