Poker Face, 2023, oil on canvas, 152x142cm

Finalist Bluethumb Art Prize 2023

Poker Face is an appropriation of Lady Gaga’s hit song ‘Poker Face’ and Kenny Rodger’s hit song ‘The Gambler’. Poker Face is a portrait of Brand’s close friends Sina and Courtney, who are seated together on the ground playing Poker. One figure appears immersed in the game whilst the other stares passively out at the viewer. Poker Face is intended to portray the unknown “gamble” of life, whilst also exploring the interval space Brand and others often find themselves in at different moments in life; the space between the past and what the future may or may not hold.