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Rosalind Davis
Female
london, United Kingdom - Share
Profile Information
- Website
- http://www.rosalinddavis.co.uk
- College / University
- RCA
- Member type
- Artist
- If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?
- Painting
- I am...
- exhibiting !
Inheritance
The Stephen Lawrence Centre
Terrace Area
39 Brookmill rd, Deptford, SE8 4HU; Tel: 020 8100-2800
26th September- 19th October 2008
Private view and opening, 26th September, 6.30-8.30pm
RSVP Essential
General Opening times; Thurs& Fri; 10-4pm.
Saturday; 10am-6pm, Sunday; 12-5pm
Artists Talk; Saturday 4th October 2pm.
An exhibition of paintings by Rosalind Davis as part of an invited project for the Deptford X Arts Festival.
In collaboration with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
‘Paintings of iconic buildings within an iconic building’ Rosalind Davis
Rosalind’s unusual and delicate mixed media paintings examine the buildings that reflect human worth and the currency of a life. Inheritance focuses particularly on the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and the Royal British Legion, two very different community-based organisations in Deptford. Paintings of their buildings sit alongside exhibits from other community centres to reflect the relationships local groups have with the buildings they consider important to the development of their community. These are the buildings that seek to bring worth and value to people's lives through their existence.
Inheritance will also involve contributions by the students of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust.
Davis fuses painting with collage and embroidery adding fragility and tenderness to the subject matter, emphasising the disconcerting juxtaposition between aesthetics and meaning. Rosalind Davis is a local artist who studied at the Royal College of Art. Davis has paintings in both public and private collections and has exhibited widely in many prestigious shows and galleries, most recently at Contemporary Art projects and Signal Gallery in Hoxton.
Contact for further information and images;
Rosalind.davis@network.rca.ac.uk
0781 3076251
www.rosalinddavis.co.uk
- About my artwork
- I am a mixed media painter using collage and paint to create complex and 3d dystopian landscapes, with a romantic and melancholy undercurrent
I seek out structures that to the uninitiated may seem neglected but for the individuals who use these buildings they are a refuge and of vital importance. They are a means of survival in urban cityscapes.
The plain and familiar structures I depict represent environments that seem hostile, threatening or nostalgic. However the medium I utilise, mixing painting with textile appliqué and embroidery, is complex and original and adds fragility and tenderness, emphasising the disconcerting juxtaposition between aesthetics and meaning and giving physical manifestation to a communities association with their environment.
Since graduating from the Royal College of Art I have worked consistently, determinedly and independently, securing exposure through exhibiting in many prestigious shows and galleries and with paintings in public and private collections. Most recently I have exhibited in Signal Gallery in Hoxton, exhibiting alongside Martin Greenland a solo exhibition in London at The Residence Gallery.
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Have a good weekend
best wishes
Rog
I've gone and revisited your lyrical paintings. Really fine works that remind me of many things. They seem to be about painting, function of place, but also memory of place. Good luck with your exhibit and congratulations!
Robert
shame I missed the show; i hope it went well.
Rog
Robert
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