Deborah Klein 'Give Me Your Poor Your Maladjusted' Ursula Hoff

Deborah Klein 'Give Me Your Poor Your Maladjusted' Ursula HoffDeborah Kleins visual language is distinct. Through it, she explores feminism and womens histories, shining light on those absent from history in often unexpected ways. In her Pirate Jenny suite, Klein reimagines the somewhat unlikable character Jenny from Bertolt Brechts critique of capitalism, The Threepenny Opera. Rather than Londons underbelly, however, this Jenny roams Melbournes suburb of St Kilda, where Klein grew up. There is something

some disproportionately large

creating a sense of suspense and intrigue

Dated 1944

‘Flame’

Dimensions: 37 x 34 cm

In 2021 she won the Portia Geach portrait prize for women and in 2020 completed a residency at Bundanon

this lively ode to monkey business is the artist at his most recognisable

‘Classic wizard of oz sad tin man’ is a pochoir (posh-waar) print

it is a sketch of Nell Gwynn

is disarming in its intimacy

funny and Shakespearean

Boyd is an icon of Australian art