Gina and I share the same birthdate, February 9 meaning she is an Aquarian as well. I wonder about her, and all the wealth she was born into and subsequent dealings making her one of the richest women in Australia, indeed in the world. Gina and I are both fat, and in some photos I’ve seen her looking like me, or I like her. We both have quite straggly hair, yet she’s so wealthy I’m amazed she doesn’t have a stylist rectifying her look… in that vein I’m also noting that she is one of the very very few rich women who are fat, and who allow themselves to be in the media despite not looking a certain way.
In the boardrooms that Gina occupies there are more men than women, always. I wonder how things go for her when she’s in these places. Standing on George Street one weekday I was waiting behind three very broad-shouldered giant men in pinstriped business suits, I’ve tried to simulate this physical effect. These reflections have been on my mind while making the work for this exhibition.
Sarah Goffman’s project is supported by a Visual Arts Fellowship administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) and funded through the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.
I Am Not Gina Rinehart
Sarah Goffman
13-29/4/18