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Representation and verfremdungseffekt in portraiture | Stuart P Wright | TEDxHousesofParliament

4,688 views · Published 10 July 2014 · 14:05 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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It's a truism that a good portrait reveals the soul of the sitter but one that Stuart Pearson Wright thinks is rubbish. Widely acknowledged as one of the UK's leading portrait artists Stuart takes us behind the curtain to reveal how he has used distancing effects in his own work to realise a unique vision of portraiture. 

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