FERGUS GREER – LOOKS
2012-11-19The extensive series Looks by Fergus Greer was created over a period of six years (1988 -1994) and in around forty photo shootings. Like no other, he succeeded in depicting Leigh Bowery between stylization and performance. The photographer posed the Australian performance artist before a neutral background in various outfits enwrapping his face and body entirely or adorning them sparingly. Thus Greer accented the theatricality and expressive posturing of Leigh Bowery. Even when he disappears fully behind his creations, Bowery’s spirit seems to play with the permeability of the garments enwrapping him and to push through them. In pictures rich in contrast that make use of a highly professional lighting concept, Fergus Greer underlines the sculptural quality of Bowery’s body.
Opposite – Session VI Look 31, March 1992
Exhibition runs through till January 12th, 2013
Christine Koenig Galerie
Schleifmuehlgasse 1A
1040 Vienna
Austria
www.christinekoeniggalerie.com
