Wearing my father’s clothing
Re-appropriated family photograph of the artist taken in 1957, 12.2 x 8.5cm. 2018
My father’s trauma did not end with his evacuation to Britain in 1939. Formidable after-shocks reverberated throughout his life, deeply affecting his life and mental health, and the lives of those around him. In one sense I have spent my life wearing my father’s clothing.