Abigail Hampsey
www.abigailhampsey.com
@abihampsey
Statement:
Originally from Lancaster, Abigail completed her BA in Fine Art at Newcastle University in July 2019 and is currently undertaking her MA in Painting at the Royal college of art.
Interested in the notion of truth, trickery, the real and the fake, Abigail’s work acts like that of the vaudeville stage. Characters, locations, and mediums change from scene to scene creating layers of narrative that reflect not only the source of the imagery but also the decision-making process of painting itself.
Abigail creates images drawing on her own experiences and memory, as well as art historical and literary sources. She seeks to create her own stories in a new type of narrative painting. With a particular interest in myth and folklore from the Northwest of England, Abigail’s affiliation to place and home plays a strong role in the construction of her work. In turn, the images tell stories that may be neither true nor accurate, but that reflect a personal yet often archetypal narrative.
The painting Submitted to the Beep panel are a series of works made since Abigail left Lancaster for London. Since then, the green belt, agricultural land that surrounds her home has come under threat by way of the construction of 700 new homes. The work has become an almost frantic endeavour to record this land its magic and its history. This body of work titled Green Lane is both a cornucopia of information, a desperate attempt at preservation and a brutal recognition of time running out. In this sense the statement "NOTHING HAS CHANGED , EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED" Rings true.
www.abigailhampsey.com
@abihampsey
Statement:
Originally from Lancaster, Abigail completed her BA in Fine Art at Newcastle University in July 2019 and is currently undertaking her MA in Painting at the Royal college of art.
Interested in the notion of truth, trickery, the real and the fake, Abigail’s work acts like that of the vaudeville stage. Characters, locations, and mediums change from scene to scene creating layers of narrative that reflect not only the source of the imagery but also the decision-making process of painting itself.
Abigail creates images drawing on her own experiences and memory, as well as art historical and literary sources. She seeks to create her own stories in a new type of narrative painting. With a particular interest in myth and folklore from the Northwest of England, Abigail’s affiliation to place and home plays a strong role in the construction of her work. In turn, the images tell stories that may be neither true nor accurate, but that reflect a personal yet often archetypal narrative.
The painting Submitted to the Beep panel are a series of works made since Abigail left Lancaster for London. Since then, the green belt, agricultural land that surrounds her home has come under threat by way of the construction of 700 new homes. The work has become an almost frantic endeavour to record this land its magic and its history. This body of work titled Green Lane is both a cornucopia of information, a desperate attempt at preservation and a brutal recognition of time running out. In this sense the statement "NOTHING HAS CHANGED , EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED" Rings true.