What ever the story
dal 30/9/2003 al 25/10/2003
Segnalato da
30/9/2003
What ever the story
Studio Voltaire, London
New work by Karine Pradier for her first solo exhibition in London. Over the past few years Pradier has been researching the theme of construction. Through a project entitled 'childhood on the edge', she has successfully used various processes such as screen printing, embroidery, digital imaging and drawing to manipulate her images. This project now comes to fruition in an exhibition, which explores the connotations of childhood.
Studio Voltaire is delighted to present new work by Karine Pradier for her
first solo exhibition in London. Over the past few years Pradier has been
researching the theme of construction. Through a project entitled 'childhood
on the edge', she has successfully used various processes such as screen
printing, embroidery, digital imaging and drawing to manipulate her images.
This project now comes to fruition in an exhibition, which explores the
connotations of childhood.
Using the recurring image of girls and dolls in this recent body of work,
Pradier has dramatically distanced it from the self-reference, event-proof
world evoked through previous projects and has alternatively sourced from
reference books, photographs, observation and imagination to create large
scale paper works and installations that demonstrate the fragility of
construction, the difficulty of comprehension and re-presentation of a
psychologically and physically threatening surrounding.
Hide Away, a site-specific trompe l'oeil situated under the gallery stairs,
heightens the latter notion. Through this powerful graphite drawing, the
little girl encapsulates the trepidation of children. Examination a starker
drawing in comparison displays the vulnerability of childhood as the awkward
little girl encounters us, the voyeur her examiner.
Pradier's drawings are concerned with paralleling the innocence of childhood
with the cynicism of adulthood. The abnormally animated doll used in many of
the works, becomes increasingly disturbing and fragile. We are confronted
with drawings that are about experiencing and experimenting. The manipulated
imagery suggests the initial stages of narratives as they shape the
awareness that behind the ordinary lays a more dangerous territory.
Karine Pradier, born in Nice, France; graduated from Camberwell MA
Printmaking in 2000 and has shown at Garlerie Bertin-Toublanc, Paris. She is
currently working in London.
Exhibition talk date and speakers to be confirmed
For further information please contact Darren Rhymes or Freire Barnes at the
gallery.
IMAGE:
Hide Away, 2003, Graphite on paper, Site-Specific trompe l'oeil
Open Wednesday to Saturday 1 Â 6pm
Preview Wednesday 1 October 6.30 Â 9pm
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