Reviews
Amanda Dunsmore has cleverly subverted the very idea of a portrait in a series of video works that take Irish public figures as their subjects. Generally speaking, people try to look their best when posing for a photograph. But maintaining a straight face over several minutes would try anyone’s patience, and Dunsmore’s skill is to catch the shifts in expression that reveal something of her subjects’ character.
Or not, as the case may be: Martin McGuinness was perhaps the most compelling of Dunsmore’s subjects, facing down her camera with ease.
