Deborah Paauwe
Deborah Paauwe (b. 1972) investigates identity and gender
roles and the blurred boundary between being a girl and
being a woman. Often it takes a moment to decipher the
age of her subject because the usual clues lie hidden behind
a confection of brightly coloured vintage dresses, bows,
feathers and sequins. Paauwe’s models’ faces are never seen,
they can stand for anyone’s wife, mother, sister or daughter.
Gallery
Falling Awake 2006
C-type photograph
75 x 75cm. HRAG Collection,
purchased through the HRAG
Trust Fund, 2007. Image courtesy
of the artist and Michael Reid
Sydney + Berlin. © the artist