Amanda De Simone - Crying Boy Fanclub
What:
Amanda De Simone - Crying Boy Fanclub
Where:
McCulloch Gallery 8 Rankins Lane Melbourne (off Lt Bourke Street)
When:
18th January to 1st February
12-5pm
With Amanda De Simone’s new exhibition, Crying Boy Fanclub, it would seem that The Cure were wrong all along – boys do cry. Similar to Sam Taylor-Woods exhibition, Crying Men (NYC 2004), which featured the likes of Lawrence Fishburne and Benicio del Toro, Crying Boy Fanclub shows the vulnerability behind the armour of masculinity.
Portraits of boys, some dark and stubbled, some red nosed and sniffling, and with tears that are both universal and painfully individual, De Simone’s subjects seem genuine while simultaneously questioning the nature of authenticity. The highly stylised close-up portraits may have been staged, manipulated, or perhaps they are tragically real.
De Simone, exploring the idea of fandom and confronting the notion of choice motivation, invites you to choose your favourite and thus become a member of the fan club. Stoic, sniffling, heartbroken, which one do you feel more for?
In this exhibition, the tears themselves are clearer than their origins yet, as they stream down the cheek one thing is for certain – the ideas behind De Simone’s show will not evaporate as quickly.
Medium: Photography
Drink: Double espresso
Keywords: Amanda De Simone, McColluch Gallery, Photography
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