Sarah Lucas’ work focuses a lot on self portraits and to me represents identity. What stands out to me the most in her images are often the objects she is holding, what she is wearing and how she is posing. I think they equally stand out because the they all link for example she is often smoking, wearing androgynous clothing with her legs open. As you keeping looking you begin to focus on other elements  such as her facial expression, objects in the background and the food on her clothing. When looking at the images of her t shirt with fried eggs on her chest I think she was using the food to represent body parts and used the breast as they are often sexualised. I think what the photographs tell me about Sarah Lucas is she is an artist who is challenging sterotypes of gender and sexuality. I think the images are made to pocess powerful feminity and are a mixture of both masculine and feminine. They make you question why do we feel sitting with legs apart as manly and unladylike and why do we assume someones sexuality because of how they are dressed and look? Her expressions and body language are also very stern, with a serious mood which is emphasised by the way she staring at the camera. I also like how she makes self portraits of objects that represent and show her indentity without using her body and face. 

 

Artist Roni Horn often uses the same model and displays them in a way that is very repetitive. What I like about her work is how they are very consistent and similar but if you look closely you begin to notice changes in mood and emotions of the model, although they may be subtle and not noticed at first glance. What stands out to me in these images are the models facial expressions. This is because the model often appears very still and somber but I find myself imagining what the model may be feeling, or thinking, or questioning if she has even moved at all, or if the image has been repeated twice. The images are very close up head shots and include little colour apart from the models hair colour, skin tone or the background. What leads your eye around the images are the models features and expressions as they change. I think the meaning behind the work is indentity and emotion. Although the images are very mysterious, the close up head shots are very intimate and personal. I think it is interesting how similar all the images look and how it makes you focus on the models face more than you would if there was just one photo or not as close up. I like how it almost resembles film stills and as if the model was on video and has been stopped at different times,seconds apart.