Queen Elizabeth 1st photobombed by pornstar and rappers (c.1600)

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By Helen Gørrill
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Dimensions (HxWxD):

28 × 23 × 5 cm

Materials:

Oil paint, collage (including eye from adult magazine) lipstick, eyeliner, false eyelashes, posca pens, ink, adhesive, varnish, set in antique deep gilt ornate frame from stately home

Primary Medium:

Mixed Media

Small
2019
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This is a portrait of England’s Queen Elizabeth 1st (c.1600) photobombed with graffiti, makeup, and collage including eye of pornstar and rappers’ hands. This is inspired by the artist’s permanent portrait gallery installed in London’s prestigious new Bankside Hotel. According to the Robb Report (American luxury lifestyle magazine), “The acclaimed Gorrill, who describes her work as “vandalizing old masters and reviving art historical portraits through photobombing and incorporating elements from contemporary subculture” submitted three portraits to Bankside’s gallery. In the works, Gorrill has drawn inspiration from the hotel’s South Bank ‘hood and the staff of the property itself, incorporating their features into the portraits that represent Mona Lisa, Shakespeare, and Sir Christopher Wren.” The artist’s work has also been discussed recently in the Telegraph, who note: ‘”This British artist’s collage style of taking a famous image and adapting it with incongruous 21st-century adornments – a process she has called “vandalising old masters and reviving historical portraits through photo-bombing and combining elements from contemporary sub-cultures – often using media such as lipstick, eyeliner and human hair.” The work revives long-forgotten people, considering the lifestyle they might lead today were they to be born into less wealthy families; questioning the right of possession or privilege a person has from birth.

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