The Hero, the Heroine and the Author

The exhibition derives from the dual role of the Artist; from the intrinsic dialectic whereby artists are often both the creators and the protagonists of their own works. This situation is partly owing to the altered role of the author/creator, namely that an artist no longer seeks to address the viewers from the position of an omnipotent and outsider ‘speaker’, but intends to enter into a dialogue with the audience. The artist has thus assumed an altered role which resulted in his/her re-positioning within society, partly through the emphatic appearance of the subjective viewpoint, and partly by assuming social roles that were regarded as less significant in earlier times.