Tuesday 8 June 2010

The Confectioner's Confectioner, Leigh Ledare

In our world there are few taboo subjects that remain undocumented or unexposed. But I have to say a visit to Pilar Corrias gallery left me knocked sideways.


The show is a collection of photographs, archives and text that document a perverse relationship between the artist and his mother. On the outside this an honest and brutal account of a sexually blurred relationship. On the other hand, it's about director vs subject, control, self-representation and authorship.

After you get over the initial shock factor (which takes a while & for some is permanent), you appreciate the photography, the story-telling, the wit, the beauty of the ageing process and that real can be fantasy.

If art is meant for you to temporarily view the world from another perspective then surely this is 100 out of 10. Fantastic work, mesmerising show and I'm sure his work will go down in history. But I still can't stop thinking...was that him having sex with his mum?

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