Gregor Muir on Trojan
Coinciding with the opening of Trojan: Works on Paper, Gregor Muir is interviewed by fashion writer Charlie Porter, on his experience of meeting Trojan and the effect that he had on others in his artistic circle, including Leigh Bowery...
"So even though Trojan described himself as artist and male prostitute, he was also an extremely radical make-up artist, and also someone whose paintings literally flew off the wall, and into Leigh Bowery’s work. You can really see after spending times with Trojan’s creative output,be it the paintings or be it the make-up, you can really see how that would have played off onto what Leigh was doing in his world which was predominantly fashion and, for want of a better word, performance. With Trojan’s passing Leigh developed and evolved into an artist who did transition very well into the contemporary art world post-Damien Hirst.
I think it’s probably a rare thing to say I once spent a day with Leigh and Damien all in the same world, and Angus Fairhurst, with Leigh doing Damien and Angus’s make-up, and on reflection of course it’s a clown make-up, but even talking with you I realise that it was a very Trojan-inspired make-up. Super exaggerated lips, big black lines, and essentially a sort of Picasso make-up, which Trojan became known for. I do believe had Leigh not died of AIDS and had he been allowed to work a little longer, I do believe he’d have made it into the very big league in contemporary art circles."
You can read the full interview on Charlie Porter's website →
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