Trish Morrisey

Last week I went to visit my younger sister in Bradford and during this visit we went to the local art gallery where i stumbled upon the work of Trish Morrisey. One of her exhibits was a collection of photographs of various families on vacation.
At first they all appear to be genuine families on genuine holidays, until a closer inspection shows that in every picture one person has been removed and replaced with the same lady, the artist herself but she is dressed in the original clothes of the person she is replacing.The picture is then entitled the full name of the woman who has been replaced and the year the picture has been taken.

I like the way the artist is versatile in her approach to who she replaces as she is around her 30s/40s and replaces people younger and older and slips into role. She doesn't look out of place or alien in any of the images.

Here are some examples...

"This work deals with the notions of borders, boundaries and the edge, using the family group and the beach setting as metaphors."

The piece of work as a whole is called 'front'. This represents a number of meanings; a promenade at the seaside, bravado or confidence in presenting ourselves or something fake.