Something More No. 9
1989; printed 1999
from the Something More series 1989
- Medium
- gelatin silver photograph
- Measurements
- 98.2 × 128.4 cm (image) 105.0 × 136.4 cm (sheet)
- Edition
- ed. 11/30
- Inscription
- inscribed in black fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: T. MOFFATT '89 11 (11 underlined) / 30
inscribed in black fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.r.: something more # 9. - Accession Number
- 1999.183
- Department
- Australian Photography
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1999
Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Gallery 10
Level 2, NGV Australia - About this work
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Tracey Moffatt works with photography and video and is one of Australia’s most important contemporary artists. Her series Something More presents a suite of nine stills, each of which captures a cinematic happening. Together, the works depict an ambiguous, unfixed narrative centring on a young woman running from a rural town in search of something more. Moffatt stars as the lead character in this theatrical string of events, performing against lo-fi scenery and a highly saturated background. By only displaying fragments, the artist invites audiences to address the omissions within the narrative and consider who holds power through storytelling.
