In his "Shakespeare Abridged" we still get all the comedies as uncomplicated variations on a simple plot involving endlessly confused identities and sexes, presented here in about two minutes with projected portraits of twins, impostors and proxies that have a hint of the elegance of Renaissance portraits.
Fraser has just started researching what looks to be a much more sedate project: "Portrait of a Marriage: The Washingtons".
Walid Siti's work is also on display at the Iraq pavilion at the Venice Biennale until November 27th.Images are courtesy of the artist and Rose Issa Projects; portrait of the painter by André Naffis-Sahely.
Featuring work from the gallery's extensive collection as well as contemporary commissions, it includes Kai Wiedenhöfer's series on refugee children, Forty Out of One Million, and Wendy Erwald's 1970s project, Portrait and Dreams, a collaboration with children she taught in a coal-mining community in the Appalachians. 1 October to 20 November, Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Even Tony Oursler, Humphries's husband of the last 10 years, projected video portraits on sculptural objects to create his own kind of hybrid.
Reas described one project, portraits of Considine's parents in their house in Winshill, as "fucking brilliant".
Over the course of six months of encounters and shared moments, it became obvious that Clauss needed to bring forward what was most essential about the project: portraits of the young people, the shadowy figures found on the stoops of of buildings, watching us.
He must have loved the image this portrait projected, its Italo-Spanish blend of sensuality and starchiness.
With Mr. Ashby's portrait projected onto a large screen over the stage, the orchestra's brass players gave a serene but emotionally intense performance of the work.
The current exhibition similarly projects the portraits within its mock bookshop, turning the show into a guessing game since some of those photographed have enormously famous faces, like André Gide or Jean Cocteau.
