Event overview
Department of Art - CONTEMPORARY ART TALKS - Phoebe Unwin - Wednesday 9 May - 5.30pm - New Academic Building LG02
Department of Art
C O N T E M P O R A R Y A R T T A L K S
PHOEBE UNWIN
Wednesday 9 May 2012
NEW ACADEMIC BUILDING LG02
5.30-7pm
For Phoebe Unwin, looking at paintings is a ‘physical, felt experience,’ and she describes her own works as being “curious about materials, subjects and painting itself.” Ranging in subject matter from domestic interiors, to human faces, to cinema screens and airline meals, her canvases are underlined by a constant and ambiguous play between figuration and abstraction. Though Unwin says that figuration matters to her because of “the relationship and tension it creates with materials,’ her compositions are often based on the uncertain stuff of recollection: “Memories are never just isolated images – they have strange specifics and large areas of vagueness. This works as an important editing tool for me.”
Phoebe Unwin was born in Cambridge in 1979 and lives and works in London. She studied at Newcastle University and the Slade School of Fine Art. She has had solo exhibitions at Wilkinson in London, Honor Fraser in Los Angeles and Milton Keynes Gallery. She has participated in group shows in Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Reykjavik, Majorca and Amsterdam. In 2010/11 she was part of The British Art Show 7.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2012 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
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