Henny Acloque
dal 10/4/2013 al 10/5/2013
Segnalato da
10/4/2013
Henny Acloque
Ceri Hand Gallery (new location), London
Life after magic. A new body of work by Acloque that continues her excavation of historical narrative and landscape paintings, reflecting on a series of seemingly mysterious 'happenings' or 'awakenings'.
Ceri Hand Gallery is delighted to announce Henny Acloque’s third solo show with the gallery.
Life After Magic presents a new body of work by Acloque that continues her excavation of
historical narrative and landscape paintings, reflecting on a series of seemingly mysterious
‘happenings’ or ‘awakenings’.
Drawing on a Victorian book of fairy paintings that she inherited from her Father, she has
been inspired by the imaginary landscapes within the book, eradicating the fairies and
replacing them with amorphous abstractions that reference the figure, but also
simultaneously reveal, obscure and mask it at the same time.
Acloque’s recent travels to South America and Mexico in particular have led to an interest in
shamanistic rituals that aim to see into the past and future. She is interested in a
psychological transportation to another place, the impact of the imagination on a place and
how the environment affects ideologies and individual and collective behaviour.
In removing the original fairies and reintroducing furtive, agitating protaganists with an
external appearance that enhances yet obliterates the landscape, “like introducing a chemical
or casting a spell”, Acloque is setting up new rules to be played out.
Henny Acloque was born in 1979 and lives and works in London. Recent solo exhibitions include 'Justice', The
China Shop, Oxford, 2012; 'Island of Santana', Chelsea Arts Club, London, 2012; 'Lugar de Culto', Ceri Hand
Gallery, Liverpool, 2012, 'Circumstances', First Floor Projects, London, 2010 and 'A Dressing', Ceri Hand Gallery,
Liverpool, 2009. Group exhibitions include ' John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition', Walker Art Gallery, 2012; 'The
Threadneedle Art Prize', Mall Galleries, London, 2011; 'THE FUTURE CAN WAIT presents: Polemically Small',
Torrance Art Museum, LA, USA, 2011; 'Fade Away', Transition Gallery, London, 2010 and 'The Future Can Wait',
The Truman Brewery, London, 2009. Henny won the Exeter Open, 2010 and was nominated for the Jerwood
Drawing Prize, 2009.
Image: Henny Acloque, The Forgotten Extravagance, 2012, Oil on panel, 11.811 x 15.74 in. / 30 x 40 cm, Photo Niall McDiarmid
For further information about the artist, exhibition or gallery please contact Hannah Pierce
hannah@cerihand.co.uk 0207 633 0918 or visit www.cerihand.co.uk
Preview Thursday 11 April 6.30pm-8.30pm
Ceri Hand Gallery
6 Copperfield Street, London
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
Free Admission