A Portrait of Disability Culture
Revealing Culture: Head On

Thursday 11 February – Friday 31 December 2010

Revealing Culture: Head On is an artwork and research by visual artist Tanya Raabe exploring identity, body image and disability culture in contemporary portraiture and the nude. She will be delving into public art collections on display in Tate Liverpool and Tate Modern to devise a visionary portrait of disability culture, while creating ten new portraits of disabled cultural figures past, present and future. 

The sittings for these portraits will take place in Tate Liverpool and Tate Modern over the next 12 months and will be open to the public to watch and question both the artist and the sitter about who and why they are doing this exciting project.

At Tate Liverpool live portraits will take place from Thursday 11 February, welcoming: 

  • Sir Bert Massie CBE, former chair of the Disability Rights Commission and the newly appointed Commissioner for the Compact, the agreement that strives to develop links between public, voluntary and community organisations 
  • Dr Sonali Shah, social scientist, Leeds University
  • Garry Robson, artistic director of Fittings Multimedia Arts
  • Michele Taylor, arts consultant
  • Liz Carr, comedienne, broadcaster, performer and writer

Vote for your 'Public Choice' portrait to be created by Tanya Raabe in a public sitting in Tate Liverpool during DaDaFest International 2010. 

All you need to do is nominate either a disabled sports personality, or a disabled athlete to have their portrait painted as part of the Revealing Culture: Head On collection. 

The criteria for your nominated person are that they are: disabled/Deaf, influence disability sports and disability/Deaf culture in the 21st century. Email your nomination to info@tanyaraabe.co.uk before the deadline for nominations on 13 June 2010.

The Public's Choice portrait will take place in a public live sitting in Tate Liverpool as part of DaDa Fest International 10, December 2010.

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