71 86648 - John Brack ’Men’s wear’ 1953

John Brack ’Men’s wear’ 1953 Purchased 1982 © Helen Brack John Brack enjoyed creating visual conundrums in his work—between inside and outside, reflection and reality—to question the very nature of representation in painting. In Men’s wear, his first major painting after leaving art school, Brack contrasts an elderly and dour proprietor with a row of inanely smiling shop dummies. A mysterious silhouette in the mirror provides an unsettling note: it is a self-portrait of the artist but can also be re