{"product_id":"gossip-queen","title":"Gossip Queen","description":"\u003cp class=\"small-font no-pad-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore streaming, before smartphones, before everyone had a screen in their pocket, there was the ultimate neighbourhood flex: having a colour TV.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"small-font no-pad-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Gossip Queen' is inspired by a very specific 1977 memory - ABBA had landed in Australia, ABBA-mania was everywhere, and I remember piling into a neighbour’s lounge room with the other kids in the street to watch the ABBA concert movie because they had what we didn’t: a colour television.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"small-font no-pad-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis piece plays with that moment when pop music, rotary phones and teenage melodrama all felt wildly important. The girl is partly inspired by my sisters, who all loved ABBA and even made me play Benny on the piano in our lounge room pretend concerts because there were only three of them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"small-font no-pad-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePainted in my hand-cut stencil and aerosol style, Gossip Queen is a playful nod to 1970s Australia - when phones had cords, TV had only two channels (in country NSW), and watching something in colour felt like the future had arrived.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"small-font no-pad-top\"\u003e40 x 40cm (43 x 43cm framed) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"small-font no-pad-top\"\u003eAcrylic \u0026amp; aerosol on canvas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"small-font no-pad-top\"\u003eThis piece is framed in a natural oak floating frame.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e * This is a quieter variation on the Stencilchrome series, this work keeps the spirit of the oversized slide concept while presenting the image in a more pared-back framed format.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geoff Cunningham Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48984219451627,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/3972\/6827\/files\/GossipQueen_LR.jpg?v=1783226111","url":"https:\/\/geoffcunninghamart.com\/products\/gossip-queen","provider":"Geoff Cunningham Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}