Boo Ritson, using paint, props and make up to clone the sitter into an image of themselves in another role / life. The results give a caricature of the person which when examined takes on the aspects of a painting, a photograph and a sculpture. The tonal changes are caused by the actual light rather than the paint itself. The paint is layered on thickly which gives a pasty quality to the painting and to the sitter.

Rachel Russell, in this video the artist paints a version of Philip Guston’s “The Studio”. Dressed as a shark an using Guston’s iconographic images. I found it interesting initially but soon became tired of the video.

• Part 3 - Prop, performance, stage
• Research