Louisa Chambers
www.louisachambers.com
@louisa_chambers
Statement:
Louisa Chambers most recent paintings feature a simple paper folded form, that can be manipulated into a temporary structure (three dimensional) and translated back into a flat two-dimensional space – a painting. Through close observation, she has become intrigued by the patterned surfaces and the juxtaposition of colour and geometry on the form. These forms are recorded from set ups becoming an abstracted still life, often from a frontal view perspective inviting the viewer to imagine the objects from behind.
The patterns that are in paintings Monuments and Plaza derive from appropriated motifs from architectural sources such as walls, fences, floors or rooftops. These found motifs are memorised from daily encounters such as from walks made locally or further afield.
The depicted folded architectural forms in these paintings suggest an imagined, other and invented world where time has been frozen and light is seemingly artificial due to the saturated use of colour. The paintings refer to the theme ‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED, EVERTHING HAS CHANGED’ in that they were made during the two year pandemic and reflects the experience of time seemingly becoming warped, pausing and has subsequently sped up again since returning back to a new ‘normal’.
www.louisachambers.com
@louisa_chambers
Statement:
Louisa Chambers most recent paintings feature a simple paper folded form, that can be manipulated into a temporary structure (three dimensional) and translated back into a flat two-dimensional space – a painting. Through close observation, she has become intrigued by the patterned surfaces and the juxtaposition of colour and geometry on the form. These forms are recorded from set ups becoming an abstracted still life, often from a frontal view perspective inviting the viewer to imagine the objects from behind.
The patterns that are in paintings Monuments and Plaza derive from appropriated motifs from architectural sources such as walls, fences, floors or rooftops. These found motifs are memorised from daily encounters such as from walks made locally or further afield.
The depicted folded architectural forms in these paintings suggest an imagined, other and invented world where time has been frozen and light is seemingly artificial due to the saturated use of colour. The paintings refer to the theme ‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED, EVERTHING HAS CHANGED’ in that they were made during the two year pandemic and reflects the experience of time seemingly becoming warped, pausing and has subsequently sped up again since returning back to a new ‘normal’.
Plaza
80 x 70cm Acrylic on linen 2021 |
Monuments
80 x 70cm Acrylic on linen 2021 |