ArtTop10 On iD at Hanmi Gallery

iD is a group exhibition curated by Antoni Ferrer featuring five international artists: Risk Hazekamp, David Hancock, Sarah Baker, Caron Geary and Brigitte Stepputtis. The work is diverse and revolves around the concept of identity.

 

The work of Sarah Baker expresses an entertaining event in 2007, in which she visited  an exclusive shop called Where Royalty Shop: Partridge Fine Arts and impersonated her created persona of Sarah Baker ´the celebrity´ with an entourage consisting of a bouncer, photographer and personal shopper. The shop assistants became convinced of her status and made her feel welcome by respectfully offering her tea.

 

Her work revisits and embellishes an event and adds value in the form of gold leaf, essentially contrasting old and new celebrity money. […]