GREETING CARD
2012 - 2013Rectangular card, folded in the centre, with the inner surface blank. The front has a black and white image of a seated female surrounded by five children of various age. Along the bottom left is white text as shown here: [Chantelle felt ostracised by / the other mothers in Armadale / because she only had five children.]
Maker's mark on the back as shown in the appropriate space.
The card was produced by Tantamount Greeting Cards and was available for sale at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in February 2013, prompting a reaction from the local state Member of Parliament, Toni Butti MLA, and the Mayor of Armadale. Correspondence about the protest appeared in the Comment News newspaper dated 12th February 2013 and in the Armadale Examiner newspaper dated 21st February 2013.
Details
Details
Text on the back [BLANK INSIDE / TANTAMOUNT / GREETING CARDS / Ph: (08) 9228 0036. www.tgcards.com.au. / Alex Manfrin PO Box 7627 Perth Western Australia 6950]
This collection of objects represents how the City of Armadale and its residents are both perceived by those outside of the City and from within. The City, particularly since it started to urbanise in the 1960s has gain a reputation as being a place where unsavoury activities occur and a place most people come from low social economic backgrounds.
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