Tanya Raabe's Blog
Visual Artist Tanya Raabe makes work around the theme of body image. Her blog concentrates on 'Revealing Culture: HeadOn' - an artwork and piece of research exploring identity, disability culture, in contemporary portraiture and the nude.
1 March 2010
Vote for The Public's Choice sports portrait
'The Public’s Choice' is a chance for you to nominate either a disabled sports personality, or a disabled athlete or a disabled sports person, to have their portrait painted as part of...Comments: 0
Tanya Raabe blogs more 'live sittings' at Tate Liverpool and Tate Modern
I’ve now portrayed another three disabled cultural figures in the last two weeks. Its been such a busy time I’ve not got around to telling you all about it, so here goes! Sir Bert...Comments: 2
Tanya Raabe offers an update on her gallery research as part of Revealing Culture:Head On
I've spent 2 days mooching around the galleries in Tate Liverpool and am picking up some interesting comments from the public reguarding the representation of disability culture. Comments suggest...Comments: 0
Tanya Raabe blogs her Tate Modern sitting with Deb Williams
I'm back!!!! been on a bit of a journey... Debs Williams was my next sitting in Tate Modern and she was a brilliant subject with a great disability cultural history to tell. This included her...Comments: 0
Tanya Raabe writes about the Tate Modern sitting with Sophie Morgan, as part of her project 'Revealing Culture: Head On'
Well, the event of drawing Sophie Morgan in Tate Modern was certainly an experience never to be forgotten. I was a little nervous to begin with, at the thought of the public watching me creating my...Comments: 3
Tanya Raabe makes her first research visit to Tate Liverpool as part of Revealing Culture:HeadOn
Busy Busy Busy....i think I’m running behind myself at the mo! Last week Michele Taylor came to my home studio in Shropshire and posed for her portrait nude. A first for her. Michele said...Comments: 3