Aims to illustrate the exclusion of women in the history of art and their absence in some texts even today. In doing so Kate quite literally removes the bodies of female figures from her work.
Self-portrait series show a variety of images depicting the artist draped in fabric commonly found in history paintings. Therefore she is both the artist and model, taking control of the female figure and how it is to be displayed (please see the 'Degree Show' page on the official website for more information on the installation of this series).
Acrylic on canvas.
100cm x 150cm
Acrylic on canvas. 150cm x 200cm
Acrylic on canvas.
100cm x 150cm
Acrylic on canvas.
150cm x 200cm
Acrylic on canvas.
150cm x 200cm
December 2012
The artist poses as the girl in Frederic Leighton’s Lieder Ohne Worte (Song Without Words), extracting herself as the model in a way to take control of her own self-image. Inspired by Marina Abramovic’s The Artist is Present, Kate wears red to state that the female present is the artist and the model is absent.
First in the series, after this piece the work changed to make the image life sized so that the figure would more present and not overwhelmed by the mass of fabric.
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