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 erica eyres  to access audio and video on collective you need real player.A series of female portraits in the adjacent room are, as with the sculpture, based on photographs, some from fitness or men�s magazines, alongside promotional shots of children and actresses. In these, the peculiar distortion of working from flat images is pushed, the portraits appearing disfigured and absurd. Destiny Green is an invented documentary about a child star who decides to have her face surgically removed. All characters are played by Eyres, her appearance manipulated with wigs, teeth and make-up. But what should be uncomfortably goofy becomes an imagined fantasy, at once highly disturbing and hilarious. Erica Eyres - I Love You But I Hate You is at CCA, Glasgow, until 16 September 06. 
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comment by rivkaness
Aug 29, 2006 keeping the humor in supposed "disturbing" art is what controls it. the minute the humor is lost, it can become grotesque. i think it is really hard for an artist to push themselves past that border... the work here is already enough to scratch heads and make viewers throw out nervous giggles. only imagine if she pushed it further... would it even be shown. think of others... jake and dino chapman, egon shciele
comment by jojochick
Aug 28, 2006 The
characters in her work certainly have that disturbed edge to them like
Mr Steadman's. Looking at them I find strange and frankly quite
startling narratives popping into my noggin. A worry.
comment by abstract agenda
Aug 28, 2006 Just
wondering if her drawings reminded anyone else of Ralph Steadman (ie,
the artist most commonly associated with Hunter S Thompson, and who
drew the illustrations for Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas).There's something about them that reminds me of his work, although she certainly isn't copying him, and is distinctly different. | related info  useful linksre-title: erica eyres note: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. see also books  marjane satrapi art The progressive Iranian comic artist's new book. |
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