Rebecca Strain
Fine Artist
Artist Statement
In ‘Vile Bodies: Photography and the Crisis of Looking’ Chris Townsend describes the body as ‘the limit of the human subject in space’. Both container and contained, there are many taboos concerned with opening the body and revealing the abjection that lies within. Julia Kristeva identifies in ‘Powers of Horror’ how this exposed interior becomes unstable and repulsive, highlighting our mortality and just how unreliable, fragile and out of control the human body is. The exposed inner features of the body threaten to occupy space they shouldn’t, disrupting the identity and stability of the human form, whilst evoking feelings of fear and terror.
The exploration of flesh, central to the emerging practise, led to working directly from cadavers at Leeds General Infirmary. Rebecca’s main practise explores the visceral areas of the body through colours generally unassociated with the human form, such as bruised purples, greens and cold blues. Taking the viewer into the body these agitated colours soak and bleed across the paintings. However, the line drawings aim to question the little control we have over our own bodies. A juxtaposition is created between the precision and control the drawings require, and the abject and unreliable nature of the human body.
Upcoming/ Current Exhibitions
Sept - Oct - Art in Mind, The Brick Lane Gallery, Shoreditch, London
Aug - Sept - Comuniart Art Crawl, The Macbeth, Shoreditch, London
Previous Exhibitions
July - Aug 2011 - Brent Salon des Arts, The Gallery at Willesden Green, London
July 2011 - Parallax AF, La Galleria, London
Feb 2011 - Desire and Repulsion: Grotesqueries, The Art Corner, Manchester
Jan 2011 - International Postcard Exchange 2011, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Nov 2010 – Jan 2011 - Off the Shelf, Saltburn Artist’s Projects, Saltburn by the Sea
Oct – Dec 2010 - International Contemporary Art, Arisu Creative Arts, arisucreativearts.com
Sept 2010 - The Crocus Open Show, The Crocus Gallery, Nottingham
June 2010 - Leeds Metropolitan University Arts Festival, Leeds Metropolitan University
May 2009 - Skin Deep (Solo Exhibition), Leeds Metropolitan University
May 2007 - Foundation Exhibition, University of Gloucester
Education
2007-2010 - BA (Hons) Fine Art – Leeds Metropolitan University (2.1)
2006-2007 - Foundation Diploma Art and Design- University of Gloucester (Merit)
Locations and categories
Location | All > United Kingdom > London > London Postcode SW |
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Categories | None |
Profile Quick Link
http://comuniart.com/artist/rlstrain