SUZETTE WEARNE - BPD
SUZETTE WEARNE
BPD
18 July – 15 August 2026
Suzette Wearne embroiders portraits as a way of working through a morass of difficult ideas about womanhood, what we hide and what we reveal of ourselves, about inter-generational trauma and a bunch of other first world problems. An almost compulsive stitching practice keeps her hands busy and her mind at peace.
This body of work, which began in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, sees the artist focussed on the late Diana, Princess of Wales. Inspired by a selection of photos from Britain’s tabloid press, these works respond to a figure who was as beloved by the public for her outward glamour as she was condemned by the establishment and by herself. As Margaret Robson Kett observes ‘to work portraits of Diana in fibre and buttons is beautifully apposite: she became a clothes horse who literally wore herself to a thread.’
The intentionally ambiguous title of the exhibition is an acronym for the viewer’s interpretation. BPD’s laboriously made portraits present ideas about surface-tension, about adoration and self-loathing, and about Wearne’s undying belief in the expressive potential of the button.
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Suzette Wearne26 July 1981, 2023–24embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed76 x 50 cm$ 2,400.00 -
Suzette WearneJune 1983, 2023–24embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed93.5 x 63 cm$ 3,300.00
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Suzette WearneJune 1981, 2021–22embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed93.5 x 63 cmPOA
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Suzette WearneJuly 1981, 2022–23embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed47.5 x 37 cm$ 1,900.00
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Suzette Wearne1980, 2023–24embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed47.5 x 37.5 cm$ 1,900.00
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Suzette Wearne20 June 1985, 2022–23embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed62.5 x 93.5 cm$ 3,300.00
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Suzette Wearne21 May 1984, 2023–25embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed63 x 78.3 cm$ 3,300.00
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Suzette Wearne5 November 1995 , 2022buttons, thread and acrylic paint on canvas, framed43 x 43 cm$ 1,800.00
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Suzette Wearne25 December 1987, 2022–23embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed47.5 x 37.5 cm$ 1,900.00
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Suzette Wearne25 October 1991, 2022–23embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed47.5 x 37.5 cm$ 1,900.00
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Suzette Wearne5 September 1981, 2021–22embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed47.5 x 37.5 cm$ 1,900.00
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Suzette Wearne1967, 2021buttons, thread and acrylic paint on canvas, framed43 x 43 cm$ 1,800.00
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Suzette Wearnec. 1967, 2022embroidery thread and acrylic paint on canvas, framed47.5 x 37.5 cm$ 1,700.00
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Suzette Wearne29 July 1983, 2023–25embroidery thread, buttons and acrylic paint on canvas, framed52.5 x 27 cm$ 1,500.00
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Suzette Wearne1967, 2022–23embroidery thread and acrylic paint on canvas, framed42.5 x 32.5 cm$ 1,700.00
