Mirror Mirror

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the… chicest of them all?

...And how many followers do they have?"

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‘Mirror Mirror’ recasts Fairy Tales’ favourite sentient and maybe slightly sinister, fabulous, antique looking glass as its true modern equivalent - the social media beauty influencer.

Featuring Sydney make-up artist extraordiare, Marcus Petaccia, ‘Mirror Mirror’ celebrates the visibility of queer success in mass-media while analysing its representational past in one of our most beloved fairytales, ‘Snow White’. Historically depicted as villainous, Queer people and their worth, wisdom and influence since these age-old children’s stories has dramatically shifted and in 2023, we have many more examples of Queerness thriving in the light.

Queer people’s otherness has always allowed them to act as oracles in many various means since the creation of society. This portrait aims to meld two different depictions, both historical and modern, to examine and reflect upon Queer people’s representation in culture today.

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'Mirror Mirror' is framed behind UV protective glass, in a gold, rococo styled sculpted timber frame with real mirror panels. The work will be personally signed on the back of the frame, with the option of personalisation, upon purchase.

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Photos #2 and #4 feature photography by Sean Alves.

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TOM CHRISTOPHERSEN is a Sydney based, award winning, Queer performer and visual artist whom is as petrified of beautiful things and death as much as he is transfixed by them. It is primarily the car-crashing of these two themes which permeate the hyper-realistic, almost surrealistic, often dark portraits and films he produces.
Tom aims to bring focus back to portraiture that is of a level of detail it demands an intimate level of engagement from the viewer. Working almost exclusively on watercolour paper with watercolour pencil and acrylic, Tom hopes his traditional, technical approach to drawing and painting provide a fresh, immediate offering to portraiture and indeed representation of the self. The figures and themes within Tom’s work are often autobiographical and based on real life experiences.

Tom’s artistic intention has always been to make images that create the necessary disturbances in order to provoke permanent, positive change.
Commission, print and sale enquiries are available via request.

Tom lives and works on the stolen Gadigal lands of the Eora Nation.