Garry Shead 'The Measuring Artist' black & white In Auguste’s universe

In Auguste’s universe

graffiti and the cultural and personal masks we don everyday

It turns over themes of loss

and titled verso

release the sun

Garry Shead 'The Measuring Artist' black & white In Auguste’s universeThe Measuring Artist indulges one of Garry Sheads key motifs the muse. In it, an artist raises his paintbrush to measure a model, languidly nude on a chair. Implicitly present is Erato, the Ancient Greek muse for erotic poetry and hymns, and a haunting figure in Sheads work. In the words of art historian Sasha Grishin, Shead felt himself to be one of the few who consciously sought out Erato. His work constantly dances with the tension between