Life Imitates art book

Life Imitates Art By Hayley Bennett

hayley_bennett_photograph Hayley Bennett BA photography

Life Imitates Art by Hayley Bennett My photography explores ideas of art history, using the comparative visual signs, conventions and codes of art history. The work connects the themes of contemporary everyday life and frames them within an art historical genre. Subjects are derived from social, cultural or political situa- tions such as the COVID epidemic using family as subjects. These works often take the form of a tableau or staged im- ages using digital methods. Materials and personal effects are used as props to connect to the contemporary everyday. Currently, my work is intended to document and reflect on the effects of the Coronavirus epidemic on our emotional wellbeing and that of our communities as well as the older generation who feel alone and absent.



Two women at a window by Bartolomeo Esteban Murillo



A lady writing a letter by Johannes Vermeer



Narcissus by Caravaggio



Women with cat by Pablo Picasso







The Creation Of Adam by Michelangelo



The Cherry Picker by Berthe Morisot



Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio



The Three Witches by Henry Fuseli



Woman Reading a letter by Johannes Vermeer



The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer

“We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.” ― René Magritte



Exhibition of my work



“Sometimes the absence of a thing makes you so much more aware of it”. Wim Wenders, Places Strange and Quiet Made in january 2021