Ines Doujack 

Doujack is an Australian, multidisciplinary artist whose work spans across performance, film, and installations. I find her most provocative pieces to be those focused on the inequalities in the fashion empire and the whole concept we have of that institution and the linking of art with beauty. She highlights the inequalities within the fashion industry and makes us,  the audience, question and criticize the morals surrounding the ‘glamour’ of the industry. She makes us question why self-perception is so hardwired into the clothing industry. 

The contrast between the classical statue with modern fabrics and textiles layered on top is such a contrasting image. It also blurs the lines of division, from old and new.  It comments on the constant change in the fashion industry and what is perceived as beauty or in style. Duojack’s photography and sculptures rely on her layering pieces, primarily fixing old with the new. She embraces two very different eras and brings harmony to each.  These layers also encourage our understanding of, in our everyday life, how many layers and sub-texts are built up upon each other just to create a single view as we glance at, for example, a skyline, a person or a style. This simultaneously shows the growth we have made academically and industrially compared with the decline we have endured in other elements of society.