A unique exploration of self-portraits by two artists born nearly a century apart
This beautifully illustrated book draws together for the first time the work of French artist Claude Cahun (1894-1954) and British contemporary artist Gillian Wearing (b. 1963). Although they were born almost a century apart, their work shares similar themes--gender, identity, masquerade, and performance.
In 2015, Sarah Howgate traveled with Wearing to the island of Jersey, in the English Channel, where Cahun lived and worked until her death, and where her archive is housed. In...
A unique exploration of self-portraits by two artists born nearly a century apart
This beautifully illustrated book draws together for...
