amy alice thompson
Each collage depicts a pre-adolescent girl shown with special companions or objects in a variety of other-worldly settings, resembling something from a storybook or a daydream. This combination is used as a means to investigate imaginative exploration through play, make-believe, and magic.
The images of the girls come from vintage catalogue and magazine photographs from the ‘40s and ‘50s, and have been chosen for their innocent and iconographic appearance (calling to mind stories such as Wizard of Oz, Little Red Riding Hood, and Alice in Wonderland).
This work has been made with the generous support of the Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council.
I acknowledge with gratitude and respect that I live and work on the traditional unceded territory of the Anishnaabeg Algonquin nation. I recognize their ancestors as the original people of this area, and am grateful for their knowledge and guidance.
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