lesser is me more or less features the artist Tanya Ury to the right of the picture, sitting in three-quarter view. Digitally incorporated into the photograph and facing her to the left, is the German Impressionist Lesser Ury, Tanya Ury's great-grand uncle, in a reproduction of his ‘Selbstportät mit Dunklem Hut’ (Self-portrait with dark hat, 1914, 64 x 40 cm). At the time, Lesser Ury was 53 years old and at the height of his powers. In this double portrait, the two Urys are more or less the same age, Tanya dresses and poses similarly to Lesser and mimics his facial expression. At the centre of lesser is me more or less, conjoining the two picture halves, is the representation of a scar and human scar tissue.

Further double portraits in this series are:
or else 2007
Du bist Einstein 2007
doo bee doo 2007

Tanya Ury