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Embroidery floss, beads and embroidery floss on Bonds singlet, embellished coat hanger (found object)
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Size XL
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"Suns out, guns out and there it is - The Southern Cross tattoo, aka the mark of the bogan, “no regerts!”. Partnered perfectly with the official uniform of the rugged, Aussie working man, the Chesty Bonds singlet or as Queenslanders call it, the “Jackie Howe” (after the shearer who bared his arms while setting new daily shearing records in 1892.) Nothing troubling about its other colloquial name, the “wifebeater”, thanks to its association more with the hard-drinking man than the hard-working man. "
Drawing from her experiences living in regional Northern Australia, Cherini's work offers a unique perspective on the complexities of Australian identity. The figure of the bogan in Australia conveys the contemporary complexity of class (Paternoster, H. J., Warr, D., & Jacobs, K. 2018). Her embroidered pieces depict iconic symbols of "bogan" culture - from Bundy rum caps to Southern Cross tattoos - presented on jarring backgrounds and adorned with unexpected embellishments. The presentation itself plays with expectations, pairing high-art display techniques with quintessentially "bogan" elements.
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