54 Attempts for Sulky Face

 

54 Attempts for Sulky Face
Detail from 54 attempts for Sulky Face (2011), 100 x 66 cm

The source of inspiration for this piece is Gwen John’s painting Study of a Girl Holding a Doll (circa 1914) which has also been called A Girl With a Sulky Expression (Chamot, Farr & Butlin, 1964: I). In the 54 photographs this work consists of, I am attempting to perform a face with a sulky expression. The repetition of the subject refers to the series of sets John painted of the same subject.