1977-
Ganesh House

| 1977
'Ganesh House' ('The Money House'). Wooden house with
snake's skin, coins and paper money from around the world,
life cast resin hands, mirrors and mixed media. |
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The
'Money House' is dedicated to the Hindu elephant headed
God Ganesh who is called upon to help overcome obstacles
and to be a powerful ally in the monetary realms. Maha
Maya, the greal illusion, sits in the base tier, a roulette
wheel on her head, indicating that it's she who underlies
the wheel of fortune. In the central zone, hands cup
dice bearing the # 10 - our worldly fortunes are all
in the hands of the grand croupier. Above, the alchemical
gold of enlightened sexual love encircles a bottle containing
a 'lucky penny'.
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'Exorcism
House', wooden doll's house, dolls, photographs, mirrors,
life casts and mixed media. 'Exorcism House' is based
on the designs in 'An Exorcism' the book.
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'The
Bird House', wooden dolls house, dolls, feathers, stuffed
birds. A continuation of my bird theme with a lot of
bird/woman bonding and blending.
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'The
Red House', wooden dolls house, photographic collage,
stuffed snake, silk rope, parasols. This is my 'Whore
House' fantasy where the rooms represent different sexual
scenarios. Instead of using actual dolls in this piece,
I collaged cut-outs mounted on metal at various depths
in the rooms.
These
are from my series of 'Doll's Houses'. This series of
3-D assemblages complimented my 2-D work in 'An Exorcism',
which used the house as a symbol of the self. What spaces
do you inhabit in your psyche? Where do you live in
your dreams? These are some of the questions posed by
these dolls' houses for grown ups! I never really played
with dolls as a child (I liked teddy bears). I'm probably
a late bloomer.
All
exhibited 'Inner Space' Patrick Seale Gallery and 'Secrets'
Mirandy Gallery, London solo exhibitions, 1977.
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"Doll's houses are an art form for Penny Slinger.
A slim 30-year-old with saffron eye make-up and short
cropped hair like a Buddhist monk. She furnishes them
with jewels, mirrors and rich eastern brocades. The
walls of one of her houses are papered with naked
ladies. The walls of another are covered in feathers.
'I see them as Temples of the flesh, the senses and
the spirit,' she says."
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Pearson Philips, 1977, in Sunday Telegraph Supplement.
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