At the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool that we visited, there
was an exhibition by Rankin called Alive: In The Face of Death. There were lots of different elements to it and I really liked
the whole exhibition.
It was quite saddening to look at the images as there was a
section of portraits which showed everyday people who have different illnesses
and know that they are running out of time. Next to the photographs there was
an account of the person’s life dealing with the terminal illness for people to
read. I thought this was very moving and inspirational as the people in the
portraits were smiling and looked happy and yet when you read their story it
forced a different emotion. As well as portraits of people with illness there
were others of people who had pulled through against all the odds and had the
all clear. So it wasn’t all doom and gloom, it was a celebration of life also.
Another part of the exhibition was rather strange as it was
photographs of lots of different celebrity’s faces in a “life mask” (subverting
the idea of a Victorian death mask). There were stars that had passed away and
stars living now Such as Holly Willoughby, Joanna Lumley and Michael Jackson and also a self portrait by Rankin.
The images were great to look at as they were quite eerie and they didn’t
really look like the person who it actually was because it was all in a greyish
colour.
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