Steven Cohen - There's glitter in my soup!
Monday Jan 6 - Friday Jan 24
46 7th Ave, Parktown North
In his latest exhibition, There’s glitter in my soup, Cohen presents a new series of intimately crafted self-portraits. Incorporating make-up, glitter, butterfly wings and Cohen’s own DNA, the portraits bear the memory of his previous performances, and the emotional toll that they take on the artist before, during and after.
As Cohen explains "Removing the make-up leaves me feeling pulled and slapped and plucked and stripped. After the ritual of de-facing my cosmetically enhanced performance self, I feel gently flayed and beyond fragile ... as naked as the bare bones of a depowdered butterfly wing. It is strange to make a work by unmaking one."