Lecture Notes:
Held exhibitions nationally and internationally.
BA, Central St. Martins - MA, Royal College.
Intensity of work and studio practice.
Regularly featured/ mentioned in online discussion
Began presentation with a series of her childhood art (13 - 16yrs)
- Heavily featured Michael Jackson and other male celebrities
- Lack of black presence in pop culture at the time, racist culture - no understanding of context and or why this was occurred.
Trying to understand the culture and how racism is raised within people and children from a young age - people articulate racism from around the age of 13, racist terms, slang etc.
Contextual Information:
- Racial tension within society
- Economic crisis at the time
Portraits were an attempt rot understand the situation. 'Drawing full of naivety', 'Obsession with American celebrity.'
Recognised and understood there was a relationship between economic position and cultural understanding.
Portraits of celebrity Actresses
- Celebrity 'Troll culture'
- Offensive
- Censoring out of 'ugly women'
- Sense of being closed down - forced into target markets (clashes of personalities with gallerists)
- Displayed work featuring Dame Helen Mirren in a Southend Library (Mirren had previously made controversial remarks about Southend - irony of 'bringing her back to Southend.)
- Satirical comedic element of bringing her back to Southend
- Library display, 'worst place to display work' - public connection
- How we build a relationship with were we are born/ brought up.
- e.g. Known as 'Queen' after playing a role as Queen Elizabeth.
- Exploited class positioning when it suited the occasion; 'Down to Earth, Southend girl', Aristocratic Russian descendant who emigrated to Southend.
- Narratives of exploitation of Actors/ Actresses.
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