Charcoal inhalation.
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Tape Modern No.21
3 paintings/drawings featured last month in Tape Club Gallery’s Tape Modern #21: ‘Nouveau Art Nouveau’ exhibition in Berlin. Hugely successful crazy opening, thanks to everyone who came down…More information on Art News
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The boy is a mystery
Feature interview with Feral Army: http://www.feralarmy.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=229
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New painting…puzzle…
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Writing, speaking, dancing.
New feature & very in-depth interview (“…on the joys of living in Berlin, the importance of observational drawing practice and the core of her feverish work.”) in Jotta Contemporary. Vielen Dank an sie!
The past few weeks have been patched together by adventuring into a slight “abstraction” of the figure, forming potentially the most exciting London based project yet with some colleges in Germany, and writing a contribution to the 7th Berlin Biannale Curator research on the political inclinations of contemporary artists. I will share everything as soon as I can…
Hello studio
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Hands and feet..!
Have an interesting Christmas everybody (and I suppose, be grateful for your radiators).
Danke schön
Another whirlwind weekend back in London and I have a lot of thanks to give, namely to the Enterprise Centre of the Creative Arts, University of the Arts London and Candid Arts Centre. And of course everyone who came down to the talk at Camberwell College of Arts on the 16th.
As it transpires, I’ve been awarded the Creative Enterprise Freelance Award once more. I’m humbled, grateful and giddy… and really wasn’t expecting it.
From the E.C.C.A Newsletter
See the official press release, photos and interviews here.
There have been big big updates throughout the website – a completely new about page, updated press, events and works (including a new photography page). Secret projects to be revealed over the coming weeks…
From last night – a little sketch, ‘Bianca suchen Realität’
Photographic Work
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My relationship with photography bleeds heavily into my painting by way of source material. Although occasional cross overs are inevitable, there is generally a clear divide in the uses of my camera: source material, and photographs which exist solely and intentionally as photographs. This is a selection of the latter, from 2005 onwards.
Source material is merely a tool for the creation of a new moment – a painting or drawing – which never moves into the past (unless the work is completely destroyed), and becomes derelict and archived prior to use.
In contrast, these photographs purposely remain records of past moments, and hinge on this fact. None of them have been digitally manipulated, staged or pre-arranged. They are openly limited by their means of existence; chance, and the camera. I believe this fact lends itself to photography as it has an unshakable quality of indisputable ‘evidence’ – what you are seeing was really seen.
They are small, reproduced slices of the spontaneous, ever present beauty of the every day; at least as much as we are capable of seeing. And they were an absolute joy to produce, what with shutter clicks being as addictive as garibaldis.
© 2005 – 2010 Elizabeth Hepworth
Award, shpiel & oil paint adventures
The site is finally starting to take real shape and soon I will be updating more regularly. Have a look at my shiny new expandable thumbnails in ‘Works’.
And also, of course, the work is taking a new direction. Through limiting my use of colour to about 5 tubes, I’ve developed a different and more thought driven relationship with colour. It’s exciting, I will write more about it later. Here is my latest piece (and my palette in the corner, at least it gives a sense of scale); I will upload clearer images and details over the next few days as I get them done.
Thank you to everybody who came to the lecture at Camberwell art school I spoke at last night. Tonight I’ll be at the Candid arts centre in Isligton as I’ve been nominated for the creative enterprise award once again…
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Commuter project ongoing, see newspaper clipping below. Click the thumbnails to enlarge….enjoy.
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‘Portraying artists portraying: Elizabeth Hepworth’
A beautifully shot short film by Marc Holtbecker & Lukas F. Hartmann for einsfestival (as televised alternative to advertising).
Filmed in my studio in Berlin. The source material was provided, so an added challenge – the figure is not particularly representative of my work’s current path but is a comprehensive expose of the process of completing a quick study (just under two hours). More fun than being sold more stuff, for sure. I had just rolled out of an aeroplane. Enjoy.
Many thanks to Process Arts for featuring this on the front page of their website, along with the 2:42 Live Action Painting video
Colour on canvas.
The Watermans event on Hounslow high street was a joy. The official turnout was over 8,000. Thank you for the dropped jaws. I’m gratified to have hoisted you from your daily routines, and distracted you from your shopping.
Here are a couple of the clippings/links. Photographs and films soon…
8,000 see Elizabeth Hepworth paint