Monday, 12 October 2015

My 6 favourite images

1. Danny Treacy-'Them'



  • This is one of many strange costumes in a series of photographic portraits.
  • This was achieved by the artist taking hand-me-down clothes from thrift stores and charity shops, and combines them into strange outfits/costumes
  • Danny Treacy does this to feel more 'intimate' with the people who wore these clothes before.
  • This image strikes me in how the artist creatively displaces his mindset, and the relationship he wishes to form/feels with other people.
2.

  •  Charles Latham was a very depressed individual who self-harmed. 
  • He decided to explore these feelings in a more safe, artistic way.
  • He created an alter-ego, named Cyrus, who acted as his 'darker' side of his personality.
  • Latham composed himself with 'Cyrus, portraying himself as smartly presentable and in control, whilst Cyrus is shabby and cuffed.
  • Cyrus is Charles Latham's middle name, which he despises.

3. Gillian Wearing/ Confessions
     
  • Gillian Wearing composes several volunteers to
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4.Elido Turco/Faces In The Trees (2014)
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