Susak Expo - Family
Held at Susak, Croatia (2010)
I was asked by our friend Cedric Christie to participate in the Susak biennial which he was curating. The title of the exhibition was Family. The idea behind the theme was that as a family unit on a daily basis you deal with decisions and negotiations in the same way as those made in the global political arena. His idea was to ask artists to work with their families to make a piece of artwork that they would accompany to the small island of Susak in Croatia. We decided to participate but not to accompany our work.
We created these portraits in our tent in Norfolk with 2 of us posing while 2 of us painted allowing 20 minutes for each quarter of the whole. The process was interesting and revealing highlighting family dynamics and surprisingly reinforcing the idea of the curator. We were all surprised by the end resemblance the composite portraits bore to us.
We created these portraits in our tent in Norfolk with 2 of us posing while 2 of us painted allowing 20 minutes for each quarter of the whole. The process was interesting and revealing highlighting family dynamics and surprisingly reinforcing the idea of the curator. We were all surprised by the end resemblance the composite portraits bore to us.
