Elaine Hogarty - "Chic Magnet"

Chic Magnet explores the car as a sex symbol. The artwork references the rich tradition of early advertising campaigns displaying women draped across bonnets, in passenger seats or swooning at men with the hottest set of wheels. It reflects upon the culture of the car as a place for sex - where “parking” didn’t always ensure a stationary vehicle and where steam may cloud the windscreen.

In stark contrast to the cool masculine metal protective armature of the motor vehicle, this car cover provides a soft feminine approach whilst comically acknowledging the false pretences presented by advertising media that females are magnetised to the status/sex symbol of the car.
 

Materials
 
Preloved Lingerie, recycled pillow stuffing, Rubber, Wire, Foam, Magnets.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Lynda Roberts from Public Assembly who has been both a sounding board and support for the development of this concept. And also for her assistance with stitching and making. Great thanks also to the staff and participants of Seaview Manor at Ocean Grove for assistance with hand stitching
bras. (Activity Program Coordinator - Cindy Vaux-Miller Residents - Val Rowlands, Norma Forshaw. Shirley Minster, Noreen Scott, Yvonne Devitt, Peg Kennaday, Joyce Mousley, Nellie Spruit, Dorothy Pietsch and Cindy Vaux-Miller)
Also thanks to the generosity of the Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads Opportunity Shops who sold the bulk purchases of preloved lingerie at reduced prices to help support the project.
Without your kind support this project would not have been realised.