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These include those with an image
appropriated from a pornographic magazine; those which feature a
genuine photograph of the woman concerned taken either
personally or professionally in a studio; those which appear to
the artist to have been designed by a man; and those which he
surmises have been produced by the prostitute in question and
represent her in a manner in which she intends. It is these in
which McKeran is particularly interested. McKeran uses these
cards as a point of departure from which to make nervous, linear
drawings, recalling cards that in a previous era consisted of
ink drawing illustrations. McKeran's technique is to fix his
gaze on the card whilst making the drawing with only cursory
glances. He replicates the figure as well as the writing,
revealing charged drawings 'that are resonant of our ambivalent
attitudes in society towards prostitution'.
Hannah Plumb graduated this year from Wimbledon School of Art.
Her sculptural, photographic and light box work is derived from
a strong interest in animism, which is 'the human ability to
project life onto inanimate and lifeless objects'. Plumb's work
will consist of sculptures cast from sex dolls, light boxes and
badges featuring words and slogans appropriated from the written
descriptions on sex doll packaging such as 'loving mouth' or
'inviting mouth and anus'.
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