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| Harlequin, 2014, gouache on paper, 37 x 28 cm |
HARLEQUIN
LOUISA CHAMBERS
15th November – 21st
December 2014
Private View: Saturday 29th
November, 3 – 6 pm
Gallery No.1 is delighted to host Harlequin a solo exhibition of recent artworks by
Louisa Chambers.
Taking
centre stage in the gallery space is a printed Harlequin-like figure
constructed with pentomino shapes. Making reference to Pablo Picasso’s
Harlequin from 1915, the torso has been reduced to a flattened form emphasised
by the repeated geometric pattern of misshapen diamonds and irregular polygons
depicted on the costume.
The rigidness of the Harlequin configuration is disrupted by idiosyncratic geometric motifs, suspended in an uninhabitable void. Carnivalesque structures cheekily are shifting and shaking in this invented space teasing with the viewer’s attention.
In her most recent work, Chambers' has been playfully rearranging systems, structures and repeated patterns. Appropriated references derive from architectural sources, scientific and mathematical educational manuals to the everyday drawing upon daily routines. Science fiction like objects and landscapes that often feature, present alternative visual and virtual worlds where structures govern our society and technology rules.
The rigidness of the Harlequin configuration is disrupted by idiosyncratic geometric motifs, suspended in an uninhabitable void. Carnivalesque structures cheekily are shifting and shaking in this invented space teasing with the viewer’s attention.
In her most recent work, Chambers' has been playfully rearranging systems, structures and repeated patterns. Appropriated references derive from architectural sources, scientific and mathematical educational manuals to the everyday drawing upon daily routines. Science fiction like objects and landscapes that often feature, present alternative visual and virtual worlds where structures govern our society and technology rules.
Louisa Chambers graduated with an MA in
Painting from the Royal College of Art (2005-2007) and a BA in Fine Art (First
Class Honours) at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham (2001-2005).
She has exhibited her work throughout
the UK and has been a finalist in competitions such as Paint Like You Mean It
at Interview Room 11 (Edinburgh 2014), Zeitgeist Open (London 2012) and John
Moores 25 at the Walker Art Gallery in (Liverpool 2008). Recent exhibitions
include (detail) at H Project Space (Bangkok 2014) Transition Gallery (London,
September 2014) and The Usher Gallery (Lincoln 2014-2015), Pareidolia, Pluspace (Coventry 2014), Water
Colour Revolution, Winsor and Newton, Saatchi Gallery (London 2014) About
Painting at Castlefield Gallery (Manchester 2014), Stereoscope at Mrs Rick’s
Cupboard, Primary (Solo- Nottingham 2013), Rotation at New Court Gallery (Solo-
Derby 2013), Flatland at Blyth Gallery (London 2012) and Needle’s Eye at BayArt
Gallery (Cardiff 2012) and Transition Gallery (London 2012).
Her artworks are held in private and public collections nationally. She is currently Artist-in-Residence at Repton School in Derbyshire and a Visiting Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University.
Gallery No.1, Repton, Derbyshire DE65
6FH
Exhibition Dates 15th November – 21st
December 2014
Private View Saturday 29th November, 3
– 6 pm
In conjunction with the closing party
of Different Kinds of Matter
New work by Sarah R Key at New Court
Gallery, Repton
Gallery open by appointment only
Contact: louisa@louisachambers.com/07876280621
