The Gallery · Room I · Exercise I
LISMORE× POAN
Daniel Lismore lives his life as art: couture, vintage cloth, chainmail and found objects, worn as sculpture. For Exercise I he painted garments live in the boutique, and drew the faces of the people who stare at him.
Room I · the filmThe pieces
Caps painted by hand, numbered of eight.
The portraits
They stare back
Surrounded by a multitude of staring eyes, the visitor becomes the centre of attention. Everyone stares: people of all ages, genders, backgrounds and sexualities. And so do Peoples of All Nations.
It was live
Exercise I
Exercise I let visitors watch an artwork being born: the artist painting garments live, between boutique and gallery. Vogue called him England's most eccentric dresser; the drawings are his way of staring back at the crowd.
The portraits
Daniel LismoreFaces from the crowd that stares at him, painted back.
The artist
Daniel
DanielLismore
Artist and dresser, compared with Leigh Bowery and Gilbert & George. He draws on art in all its forms, on history and on his travels, and turns clothing into sculpture and back.
Daniel Lismore on Wikipedia
