- Object name(s):
- digital C-Type photographic print on; photograph; Touch-Line: Exeter Chiefs fans, Sandy Park Stadium; Touch-Line: Exeter Chiefs fans, Sandy Park Stadium
- Brief description:
- Michelle Sank’s work has been described as ‘visual anthropology’. She is fascinated by how signs and symbols have been adopted as expressions of identity and belonging. In rugby, the photographer found a rich source of material. Sank documents the colours and flags that signify loyalty and the mascots and figures – a pig’s head, an ‘Indian’ headdress – invested with superstition and magic. At the same time, Sank explores our experimentation with cultural symbols and codes: a women’s rugby team dressed in pink tutus or a group of male rugby fans dressed in women’s clothing. This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Photography
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Object name:
- digital C-Type photographic print on; photograph; Touch-Line: Exeter Chiefs fans, Sandy Park Stadium; Touch-Line: Exeter Chiefs fans, Sandy Park Stadium
- Object number:
- 18/2020/10
- Object production date:
- 16/05/2015
- Date - period:
- Modern (1945-)
- Object production person:
- Ms Michelle Sank (photographer)
- Object production place:
- Topsham
- Object production place:
- Exeter
- Object production place:
- Devon
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Object production place:
- Northern Europe
- Object production place:
- Europe
- Reproduction number:
- 18-2020-10.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Social History
- Responsible department/section:
- Photographs
- Use title:
- TOUCH-LINE - A photographic Record of the Rugby World Cup. Exhibition 2015
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c81c2d6c-b322-3296-88bc-677599f6eff9
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c81c2d6c-b322-3296-88bc-677599f6eff9, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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