A british painter from Cambridge.
she studied in glasgow with her final show in london which she couldn't get to. Despite this, she sold all her work at the show.
Saatchi bought several of her painting on her leaving university and set her a challenge to fill his gallery with her work in 2 years.
She went to new york for 6 month where she looked in on many plastic surgeries and liposuctions. this is where she learned about the human body and peoples attitudes to their own.
Her more recent work explores gender roles and trans-genders with her trademark monolith sized paintings and freeform paint heavy strokes.
She is a very private person with no intent of marriage or children (despite being in a long term relationship with fellow artist Paul McPhail)
"The tyranny of thinness" - Dawn French
A few ideas
Interviews with women; Why might you get cosmetic surgery? What would you have changed, why? What are your opinions of cosmetic surgery
Interviews with post surgery women: What did you have done? Why did you have it? Are you happy with the results? Would you get any more done? What would you say to anyone thinking about getting cosmetic surgery?
Create an interactive publication (or ePub) about plastic surgery and what it really involves.
Explore how the media portrays the female image. Is it accurate? What's been changed? Does it even affect how people think about themselves? Do people compare themselves to altered images?
Is it any different for the male form? What is changed with images of men? Are men affected as much? – use a combination of photography, drawing and video in an ePub.
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