MORISON, Julia, 1952-
RoCoco (Construction)
Creating her largest art work to date, a huge
104-part painting to cap off her survey show, a
loop around a loop, at Christchurch Art Gallery
in 2006, Julia Morison titled the behemoth
“Gargantua’s petticoat” after the garments
mentioned in Francois Rabelais’ 1534 novel.
Rabelais describes how the men and women of
the religious order Theleme were appareled:
“next to their smock they put on the pretty kirtle
or vasquin of pure silk camlet; above that went
the taffety or tabby farthingale, of white, red,
tawny, grey, or of any other colour.”
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