Boo Ritson
“In her most widely known series of work, Ritson coated the heads and shoulders of living people with household emulsion to transform them into new characters who are captured in large-scale photographic prints. Ritson’s images question whether it is the act of painting or subsequent documentation which is the most important stage. Ritson’s work is not simply photography or even painting as it incorporates elements of sculpture and performance alongside, but in a way that is ultimately hidden from the gallery visitor. Boo Ritson literally paints her subjects as American stereotypes coating them in a thick lacquer of glossy paint and takes photographs before the wet emulsion dries.” (risekult, BOO RITSON: STILL ALIVE, FOCUS ON, VISUAL ARTS Ottobre 21st, 2014 At: http://risekult.com/focus-on/boo-ritson-still-alive (Accessed 03.05.2021)
The works of the artist Boo Ritson, firstly, discuss the question of what sculpture, painting, performance and photography are, where is the line between different mediums.
Secondly, it is the method of working with paint, and in general, its presence. The paint refers to the painting. But here the colour shines like gloss, there is a reference to the gloss of the magazine, marketing, the commercial world.
Rachel Russell
The artist creates living works where the general atmosphere, paint and scenery are subordinated to a common theme.
Here is a discussion not only of the boundaries of video, painting, sculpture and performance but also of the movement itself. The passage of time. The interpretation of the motion.
Through movement, we hear sound. But should this sound rather be something else, music? Or a story from some book?
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