Dolly Thompsett’s paintings take on a psychological dimension - the artist has said that “I’m interested in how three things come together: the psychological state of the artist, the accidental mark, and some kind of emerging familiar image being pinned down”. In this work Thompsett broadens the physical and conceptual layering which has characterised her work over the past decade. The writer and curator Paul Carey Kent has noted that in her technique she continues to create spatial ambiguity by painting on and under resin, by applying glitter, exploiting dramatic light effects, and varying the clarity, scale and detail of what we see. The works in this series are painted onto flower-patterned fabrics providing a baroque framework, elements of which occasionally show through as unexpected forms.
2012
Oil and mixed media on printed fabric and canvas
180.0 x 125.0cm
820
© Dolly Thompsett. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection © JP Bland
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
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Redressing the Balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection
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