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WORDS Kate Best THE SUCCESSFUL REALIST, 2017 This
series was made when Morrissey’s daughter was bordering on becoming a teenager. In some respects, it was an experiment to test the theories of drawing explored in The Failed Realist, and to see how the child’s worldview and relationship with her mother had evolved since 2011. As before, Morrissey gave her daughter completely free reign and submitted to her will. She writes: “Where previously it had been an endurance test – her clumsy brush skills poking and scratching my skin for up to an hour, this time she was an artist with a canvas, a successful realist. “Some of the results from the second iteration of this process were obscure and witty (Cyclops Twins), and others ghoulish (Clown Face). Some were influenced by her time online (Emoji Love Eyes), others express her generation’s concern with the world they are being left to fix (Life and Death). This page, top row: Owl; Clown Face; Cyclops Twins Bottom row: Emoji (Love Eyes); A Ghost Darker than the Night; Life and Death Autofictions: Twenty Years of Photography and Film is on the Photo Museum Ireland until Saturday February 10. Trish will do a masterclass on Sunday, February 11 from 1.304.30pm for eight participants, €250 Individual rate, €235 Museum Members, Students/ Unwaged/Artists & OAPs. trishmorrissey.com 23