Brian Griffiths - Contemporary Artists

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre The Saatchi Gallery
 

Brian Griffiths

Peter Lorre

2003
12 heads plaster and mixed media

28 x 16 x 14cm

Installed like gargoyles, Peter Lorre Time Machine is a series of casts taken from the Hollywood actor’s death mask. Each bust has been dressed to suggest traditional costumes from different historical periods. Norman soldier, Viking, Pharaoh and Caveman accessories have been fashioned from ornate crockery and cheap costume props. Each make-over or new role given to Lorre appears like a belated attempt to breathe life into the character actor’s inanimate features.
 
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