Her Alchemy: London
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Her Alchemy will be the fourth annual all-female group exhibition showcasing 13 international artists, from 10 countries, featuring an array of painting, sculptural forms and tapestry. The new exhibition will intertwine the largest collection of female artists HOFA has displayed to date, as a celebration and powerful statement on the transformative experience of art to transform and shape cultural perspectives influenced by the diverse world around us.
'Her Alchemy' embarks on a transcendental journey through a multifaceted selection of female artists, who consciously blur and break boundaries, allowing their imagination to ultimately manifest. This exhibition embodies the convergence of cultures, perspectives and distinctive mediums as international female creators redefine the artistic landscape and language.
From the evocative strokes to sculptural masterpieces stemming from skilled hands, from the ethereal melodies of mixed media compositions to the arresting visuals of experimentation, these artists push the boundaries of convention and challenge the status quo.
Delving into a realm where tradition meets innovation, where narratives unfold in vivid hues and textures, this ensemble of female artists encapsulates the spirit of creativity that knows no limits.
The 13 participating female artists are; Ayobola Kekere-ekun (Nigeria), Jade Ching-yuk Ng (Hong Kong), Wang Ziling (China), Orlanda Broom (United Kingdom), Ilhwa Kim (South Korea), Mary Ronayne (Ireland), Camille Hannah (Australia), Anne von Freyburg (The Netherlands), Cynthia Sah (Hong Kong), Dong Li Blackwell (China), Marina Savashynskaya Dunbar (Belarus), Sophie Victoria (Australia) and Susana Anaya (Mexico).
Dong Li-Blackwell (李冬)is a multi-awarding winning artist. She lives and
works in Brighton UK.
BA Fine art,Northeast Normal University, China
MA Fine art, Brighton University,UK
She has won awards including 1st prize, Royal Watercolour Society in 2012.
The best of 2013 collection and “one to watch” artist – Saatchi Art.
Dong‘s work focuses on the nude female characters by transforming
provocative images and photographs of herself to represent the
complexities of humanity, expressive passions, movement, memory, desire
and freedom. She uses her unique way to mix the past and present,
accident and destiny, exploring the energy beyond the images. This is the
freedom of demonstration, exploration of herself and documentation of
sensitive interpretation. This is a boundary pushing way in an attempt to
figure out the eternal in the occasional instant.
My paintings are nature-based abstractions, composed through harmonious
movement, material improvisation and layers of translucent color. The paintings bare
resemblance to elements in nature while simultaneously departing from literal
representations. Each painting seeks a level of reservation as well as an embrace of
the unforeseeable.
My relationship with painting is very physical. In my process I manipulate the surface
of each piece, granting the work a sculptural quality. I move around the painting,
positioning myself to direct paint flow from specific angles. The process lends itself to
the build-up of layers, capturing traces of time and movement. The practice is both
seductive and uncertain. Fluid media is sensitive to its environment; a deep breath, a
slight shift of focus, a sound in the distance all impact the process, causing the marks
to sway from their predetermined path.
Harnessing the contemporary aesthetic of mediated visuality, whilst acknowledging that painting is, equally indebted to art history, her work acknowledges the influence of the screen-paradigm through notions relating to painting as object/surface and the perception of interactivity, relating to a virtual form of tactility. Traversing the paradox between the prohibition of touch in relation to digital technology and art – and an erotic’s of painting, interactivity relates to seduction: a correlation that enacts the ‘erotics’ of painting, and seeks to engage the viewer immediately in a tactile participation, close and yet distancing at the threshold of vision and touch, while simultaneously providing the viewer with a variable experience of scale.
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