{"id":2145,"date":"2026-01-25T11:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:20:01","slug":"tracey-moffatts-beauty-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/tracey-moffatts-beauty-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracey Moffatt\u2019s Beauty series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2147\" src=\"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-Beauty-01a-1024x393.jpg\" alt width=\"604\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-Beauty-01a-1024x393.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-Beauty-01a-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-Beauty-01a-768x294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-Beauty-01a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\"><\/p>\n<p>Thirty one years ago I&nbsp;included comments about Tracey Moffatt\u2019s 1994 series Beauty within an essay I&nbsp;wrote for Fever Pitch, the 1995 monograph on Tracey\u2019s artworks. In 2024 as a&nbsp;cultural gift valuer I&nbsp;had the opportunity to revisit the Beauty series.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The \u2018beauty\u2019 of being a&nbsp;valuer is that while providing a&nbsp;service to clients, the bonus is that opportunities come your way to revisit works and to undertake new research. Thirty years provides an interesting space in time to relook and re-assess.<\/p>\n<p>I can be confident that I&nbsp;will not be here to revisit these works in another thirty years!<\/p>\n<p>I have uploaded my essay on Tracey Moffatt\u2019s Beauty series. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photo-web.com.au\/gael\/docs\/moffatt-beauty.htm\">Here\u2019s the&nbsp;link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty one years ago I&nbsp;included comments about Tracey Moffatt\u2019s 1994 series Beauty within an essay I&nbsp;wrote for Fever Pitch, the 1995 monograph on Tracey\u2019s artworks. 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