Drum pad

Inspired by a line from a Nora Ephron essay, On Maintenance, this work is positioned as a before and after view post surgery. The differences between the images are hard, if impossible to spot, and the eyes are censored, asking questions about our opinions of ourselves and the sometimes predatory nature of the beauty industry.

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Ellen May Anderson is a Meanjin based painter whose practice is focused on figuration and portraiture, through the lens of internet culture and the resulting social influences. She explores issues of identity, feminism and self expression through use of collaged imagery, appropriation of pop culture and serialisation.