Currently living
and working in London with synthetic twin sister and 'collaborator'
Dolly Brown, Jemima Brown's practice comprises sculpture, photography
and video projects. During time spent from 1998-99 working in
Los Angeles as an artist in residence, accompanied by Dolly,
at the University of California, Los Angeles, Brown's work became
more of a 'collaboration' with Dolly. Against the odds Jemima
sought an active role for her 'clone' in the making of the work,
an endeavour which often appeared desperate or foolish, given
that Dolly is a plastic doll cobbled together from sex doll
parts, mannequin limbs and cast body parts from Jemima. Dolly
developed from her role as a 'puppet' as Jemima began to put
her in situations where she could act as a catalyst. Gradually
Jemima and Dolly have both moved to the peripheries of the image,
and other players - including works shown as sculptures such
as the Sex Doll and Safety Man Joe dolls have taken centre stage.
In their most recent work both Jemima and Dolly are present
as joint authors of the work, but neither are so directly physically
apparent in it. In a new series of sculptures a loose family
structure of furry and feathered friends is emerging. Duckie,
Snotty Little Rat and Cock Boy are combination animal-not quite-children;
more overtly nasty are a group of 'little girl' dolls, who taking
childhood snapshots as their starting point have adult heads
(assembled from various cast parts of Jemima and Dolly) on child
doll bodies. A series of highly romanticised landscape photos
place the Joe Doll in idyllic rural scenes, whilst Big Joe Doll
occupies a nastier side of 'love'. Purry Furry is a 'cat/lady',
and the only adult doll modelled on Jemima and Dolly. Together
Big Joe Doll and Purry Furry might be the parents of the accompanying
mutant brood...
For further information or images please contact Sarah McCrory:
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