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

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.

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).

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

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