Artist: Eric Bridgeman
Date: 2010
Museum: Ian Potter Museum of Art (Parkville, Australia)
Technique: Polymer Paint
In the stadium, fans abandon conventional behaviour. Painted faces, multicoloured hair, garish costumes and raucous chants surround the game with a deranged carnival. Eric Bridgeman recognises the historical precedents of such behaviour; the medieval carnivals in which rude parody temporarily inverted social norms. In The Sport and Fair Play of Aussie Rules (2008-09), which incorporates photographs and videoed performances, Bridgeman presents players and fans as over-the-top harlequins, melding circus and Mardi-Gras festival. At the same time, Bridgeman maintains the confronting element of carnival. Chanting and stomping, intruding into the streets, Bridgeman
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