Tate Liverpool

Helen Chadwick - from Ego Geometria Sum 'The Labours I'

I recently visited Tate Liverpool on the hunt for some art to write about in my up coming assignment.

These portraits by Helen Chadwick are one of my biggest inspirations for my own practice. Chadwick is hands down my favourite artist. An absolute inspiration. The portraits show her struggling with large objects that have images of her nude figure printed on. I read this as a struggle with the body and the pressures of body image. Its a "labour" to be human sometimes. I considered using Chadwick for my essay however I wrote my essay last year on her work and feel i refer to her way too often so I think I should find other inspiration before I become obsessed.

John Coplans - Self Portrait

Another artist who's work was on display at the Tate was John Coplans who I have also considered for my essay, His self portraits of his ageing body are on such a huge scale they are like massive, intricate landscapes of the contours of his body