In a new series of paintings Katie Deith investigates the visual language of seduction and escapism. Romantic visions are juxtaposed like fragments of memory reflecting our naïve aspirations to escape to idyllic places.
In a new series of paintings Katie Deith investigates the visual
language of seduction and escapism. Romantic visions are juxtaposed
like fragments of memory reflecting our naïve aspirations to escape to
idyllic places.
The initial familiarity of the stereotypical landscapes, recalling
images found in the media and holiday brochures, is displaced by
disorientation not dissimilar to that of a dream: the compositions are
broken, the colours accentuated, the reality shifted.
Katie Deith finished her BA at the Slade in 2000. Recent exhibitions
include : 2001 - Bittersweet, Danielle Arnaud; Atelier Something,
Dalston, London. 1999 - William Coldstream Painting Exhibition, Slade
Gallery, University of London. 1998 - Hong Kong, City of Life,
Albermarle Gallery; J. Walter Thompson, Berkeley Square, London.
Friday Saturday Sunday 2 - 6 pm (or by appointment).
For further information and slides please contact Danielle Arnaud
on 020
7735 8292
Next:
Art 2002 Start section, London Art Fair, Business Design
Centre, Islington 16 to 20 January 2002
Mathematique Lolly Batty Francis Cape Peter Freeman
Judith Frost Jane Harris Richard Kirwan
Jiri Kratochvil Stephen
Murphy Ana Prada Daniel Sturgis 2 February to 17 March 2002
Suky Best new work 22 March to 28 April 2002
Photo:
Zaleski 2001 (detail) oil on canvas 90 x 140 cm
Danielle Arnaud
123 Kennington Road London SE11 6SF
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