Lot 13

Drag is a series of photographs that comments on the art of drag performance and it’s ambiguous relationship to masquerade, public and private identity, and the project of self-making. Creating still lives, portraits of drag performers, and self portraits, Van Der Hout explores the space between the mask of the performed self and the mask of the everyday. Documenting drag performers as they put on their stage makeup, Van Der Hout captures moments of vulnerability and transformation. This liminal space between two self-constructs offers two images of power: the power of persona and the power of unveiling.