3. LIFE’S A DRAG
Have you ever wished that you might take a glimpse in the mirror and see not the familiar reflection but instead a whole new you? In self-portraiture, we make use of a free and available resource as subject matter, but unless we are prepared to wait while time gradually modifies our features, even the most self-enamoured among us might eventually consider themselves stale subjects for painting.
While many of us baulk at the idea of extravagant, exhibitionistic cosplay we might nonetheless harbour the secret desire to adopt a disguise and become, however briefly, a whole new character. For many visual artists this creation and assumption of a new persona is no mere frivolous fancy dress: it is core to their practice.
American photographer Cindy Sherman is widely recognised as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art and was recently the subject of a
