The Pyramids and the Sphinx, Window of the World, Shenzhen, China 2003

Mandy Lee Jandrell (1975 - )

Digital C-type photographic print

2003

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France

    Miniature versions of famous sites appear in five photographs by Mandy Lee Jandrell which are part of the Government Art Collection. They show representations of iconic sites in Britain, France, Egypt, India and China. Tourists in formal poses, photograph themselves against the recognisable backdrops. In reality, Jandrell's images are scenes from theme parks in Shenzhen, southeastern China, places that are dedicated to reproducing famous sites and sculptures. She was fascinated by their ability to condense the world, offering a manufactured thrill of experiencing sites without travelling. These images of modern tourism reflect one aspect of globalisation and its cultural impact, a subject that informs her work.

  • About the artist
    Mandy Lee Jandrell was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and studied at the National School of the Arts, Johannesburg (1993), and at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town (1998). As a student in Cape Town, she joined The Sluice, an art group that collaborated on a major multimedia installation and performance event in 1996. She also exhibited work with the group at the Second Johannesburg Biennale in 1997. She went on to participate in numerous group exhibitions in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Germany. In 1998 Jandrell moved to London, and completed an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmith’s College of Art in 2003. Since then she has continued to exhibit work regularly with recent shows in the UK, UAE and Colombia. Other curatorial projects include Three by Three with artist Yinka Shonibare (Guest Projects, London, 2008) and New Utopia (Bearspace, London, 2006).
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    Places
    Egypt, China
    Subjects
    camera, statue (as Subject), travel & tourism, topography, genre, man, 21st century costume, shirt, trousers, carrier bag, signage, monument, tomb/sepulchre/mausoleum, pyramid
    Materials & Techniques
    photograph (as object name), colour photograph
  • Details
    Artist
    Mandy Lee Jandrell (1975 - )
    Title
    The Pyramids and the Sphinx, Window of the World, Shenzhen, China 2003
    Edition
    1/5
    Date
    2003
    Medium
    Digital C-type photographic print
    Dimensions
    height: 50.80 cm, width: 66.20 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from the artist, May 2004
    Inscription
    signed on verso
    GAC number
    17871