Sophie Westerman - I am beside myself

Sophie Westerman – I am beside myself

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Multi-plate aquatint
Image size: 50 x 70 cm
Paper size: 50 x 70 cm
PCA Print Commission 2016

To be beside oneself has two potential meanings: to be filled with emotion such joy or grief; or to step outside one’s present and act as an observer. I am beside myself uses imagery of the house and the facade as a language to explore these different yet connected concepts.

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