Extended until 20 December 2019
Sarah Eyre is Course Leader for Fashion Photography at Leeds Arts University, and is currently completing doctoral study at Manchester School of Art.
Eyre’s current research-practice investigates the wig in its disembodied state. Wigs serve a very particular social and performative function, which is to affirm, exaggerate or disguise some aspect of the wearer’s identity, or project a new one. They are also part object, part body, and can reveal anxieties around the boundaries between the self and the outside world.
Through photography and collage techniques, Eyre ‘opens up’ the wig to explore its strange, uncanny vitality and degrees of non-human agency. These methods probe the gaps between wig and body, and the gap between the physical object and its photographic representation. This research is situated within a new materialist methodological framework, which argues that all non-human objects are more than their effect on humans.
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This is exhibition is on display in The Boardroom by appointment only. Please contact Catriona McAra, University Curator, to make an appointment at catriona.mcara@leeds-art.ac.uk or 0113 202 8263.
Opening night: Thursday 19 September 5-7pm
Free entry. Refreshments will be served and everyone is welcome. Booking not required.
Image: Sarah Eyre, From the series Copy / Cut / Paste, 2018. Digital photo-graph. Image courtesy of the artist.
- 20 September - 20 December 2019
- The Boardroom, Leeds Arts University, Blenheim Walk, Leeds, LS2 8PH (Get Directions)