Cathy Lomax
dal 6/2/2003 al 2/3/2003
Segnalato da
6/2/2003
Cathy Lomax
Transition Gallery, London
In Alleyoops Lomax transforms the gallery into a playspace, creating an upside down world where nothing is as it really seems and anything is possible. Teetering on the edge of social chaos this is a place where fame and fulfilment are no longer transient and where you can be whoever you want to.
Alleyoops
Private view - Thursday 6th March 6.30-8.30
7th February  2nd March 2003 - 12-6pm Fri-Sun
Transition presents Alleyoops the first solo gallery show by the artist
Cathy Lomax.
In Alleyoops Lomax transforms the gallery into a playspace, creating an
upside down world where nothing is as it really seems and anything is
possible. Teetering on the edge of social chaos this is a place where fame
and fulfilment are no longer transient and where you can be whoever you want
to.
Lomax, who has recently completed an MA in Fine Art at Central St Martins,
previously worked as a make-up artist, creating fantasy fashion characters
for Vogue, The Face and ID. This wishworld of unreality teaming with models
and celebrities fuels her work as an artist.
Alleyoops contains a series of carnivalesque works connected by magic,
transformation and escapism. These include the Self Portrait With Screams, a
little girl turning into a doll and numerous paintings of masked figures
that subvert the fashion beauty shot by covering facial features and
preserving privacy.
Despite influences ranging from Tenessee Williams The Fugitive Kind to Elvis
Presley¹s Comeback Special, there is a peculiarly English feel to the work.
A wistful, melancholic longing for a world that has never really existed.
The lonely figures in Lomax¹s paintings inhabit this mythical space creating
an otherworldly atmosphere that is further enhanced by the tinkling of the
crystal hung ceiling.
In the picture an image from degree show, summer 2000.
Transition
110a Lauriston Road, London E9
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