So today I took myself off to the National Portrait Gallery to see the BP Portrait Award. I've been before and really enjoy it - and as usual when I go to the gallery, I wonder why I don't go more often...
My fave painting was Jose Escofet by Miriam Escofet - so incredibly lifelike it was more like a photo - of an older man (the artist's father) and I just thought it was amazing. One I thought was interesting as well was called 'Commuter' where the painter had made sketches of someone on a tube, taken photos of him on his phone and then painted his portrait. Not too sure about the moral/ethical issues with that... Wondering how I would feel if I happened upon a painting of myself in a gallery that I had had no say in at all...
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