Yeo’s previous subjects include Tony Blair, Idris Elba, Sir David Attenborough and Malala Yousafzai – and in 2007 he hit the headlines for making a collage of President George W. ‘The portraits are themed around the challenge of depicting subjects who are increasingly adept at manipulating and changing their own image,’ he added.
The artist, hailed by critics as ‘one of the UK’s most highly regarded portraitists’, says he chose to paint the model-turned-actress because she is ‘a brilliant chameleon’ and ‘one of the most interesting cultural figures of her generation’. The show, which is the first retrospective by a British artist at the museum, includes never before seen paintings of Cara Delevingne, as well as noted works from throughout his career spanning 25 years
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