Gill Gatfield – Portia

Portia 2010

Like the lead character in Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice', Portia presents an unyeilding 'I', focussed on the spectator, flirting openly while holding court.  A dark mirrored pool slicing a blackened masonry base, the work absorbs and reflects, and frames a critique of image and text in the company of beauty.

Shapeshifter, New Dowse Gallery 2010
Third Person, COCA 2010

Series: Texts