Cathy Lomax
dal 3/7/2006 al 28/7/2006
Segnalato da
3/7/2006
Cathy Lomax
Rosy Wilde, London
Vignettes - New Paintings. A sad story of beauty, exploitation and prestige. "My vignettes are groups of characters fading in and out of history, in and out of my consciousness."(Cathy Lomax).
A sad story of beauty, exploitation and prestige.
My vignettes are groups of characters fading in and out of history, in and out of my
consciousness. Little snippets, brief scenes from a bigger picture, tiny clues that
when pieced together make a story. These women are freed from association and
regrouped, clustered together receding from or rising into the frame. Nostalgia,
concealment and disruption are key elements towards an ultimate aim of subverting
established notions of the public and private self in a very personal investigation
of Englishness, sentimentality, romance and melancholia.
The women that I always wanted to look like. Sweet little Mary Bell, forever faded
in inky newsprint and reproduced again and again, a mirror held against my own
childhood. Marina Duchess of Kent, mid century Beatonesque icon, now slipping out of
relevance. The Royal Sisterhood, bound by duty. Impossibly beautiful ballerinas
The romance of popular culture is a powerful thing.
Cathy Lomax
Preview: 4th July 6 - 8pm
Rosy Wilde
139 White Cross St - London
Opening hours: Thurs - Sat 12 - 6pm