Swinton Constellation

The first four images are from pictures I took of Tilda Swinton and her family at what was then her new house in Scotland. They are 20 x 24 inches when printed. The second set of images are from an exhibition of montages I took of her that were projected on City Hall in San Francisco - the north and south outside faces of the building for a week when she came to give the State of Cinema Address at the San Francisco International Film Festival. They are 40 x 50 inches when printed.

This series is just a fat love letter to the actress who is someone that lifts anyone who knows her into the stratosphere of intelligent kindness, and inventive play. There is no one I’d rather talk politics with. When you are in her sphere, and that of her wonderful family, as I was for a couple of years making these pictures, you feel cosmically lifted. She is a star, and I mean celestial.

"Gray has made dreamy digital collages, combining her color images in a manner that’s more Magritte than Warhol, with a hint of 'occult' trickery. Gray’s project gives the images a special radiance as City Hall feminized like a model in this cross-dressing town, becomes something similar to an actress who assumes a role or tries on costumes."
- David D'Arcy, Artnet Magazine.