alicja kwade
 
Being Gregory Peck, Dr. Edwards, John Brown, Alicja Kwade - 2008

ink on paper, framed, graphological expertise
40 x 30 cm / 15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
40 x 50 cm / 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in

Gregory Peck as Dr. Edwardes in Spellbound (1945) by Alfred Hitchcock.

For this body of work Alicja Kwade copied carefully hand written letter which play a dramaturgical role in Alfred Hitchcock’s thrillers. In the letters most of the time a love affair is broke up or a precarious manifestation is made. The artist showed her copy to a professional graphologist who made a detailed analysis of the writer’s character. The expertise accompanies the hand written letter.