Artists, through their representation of Kings, Queens, martyrs and
other figures of State and religious significance, have
always been central in the iconography and understanding of the power
time artists have often been represented, or represented themselves,
as somehow being outside of the law or as 'invisible
legislators'. The romantic rhetoric of the 'outlaw ' has been given
currency with present day ideas of the 'transgressive''.
However these positionings don't fully express the complex dialogues
and difficult complicities which we, as individuals,
have with expressions of law, power, control and morality.