The idea of portraiture has changed for modern man for he has come to realise that he is no longer in ownership of his image, that his appearance is a perceived phenomenon that is distorted by social devices such as convenient stereotyping and personal opinions formed of conflated memory and documentary fact. Man's appearance has become a blended brew of image associations that arise out of reactions to his presence.
Acknowledging this would give the artist greater freedom and license to freely interpret his experience and knowledge of the sitter via more innovative artifices.
These are indeed exciting times to re-explore the human form and expression in portraiture....
Saturday, August 29, 2009
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