Certified Lover Boy: Becky Hemus on Sophie Barber
Becky Hemus, The Art Paper
November 2021
There are photos of cat’s paws circulating online. Splayed and bald. When they don’t have fur they are usually Sphynx cats, pink and a little dry. It’s the first time I’ve realised they have webs that run between their paw pads like bat‘s wings. Sometimes I don’t know if artists have eyes beyond the real. They’ll send through a picture of a painting or sculpture where the surface is half there, not a motion shot or something impressionistic but a photo without detail or interest. This is how I would like you to represent my work, they say. […]