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DAUGHTERS FOR EARTH
Ft. Delfina Velar De Irigoyen, Lucille Dweck, Jean Huang, Selby Hurst, Almudena Romero, and Maya Sanbar
Exhibition 12 June - 31 July 2024
Tuesday- Saturday 10am - 5pm
This exhibition explores the feminine in its co-creation with nature. Co-curated with multimedia artist Maya Sanbar, DAUGHTERS FOR EARTH celebrates the variety of ways nature expresses its reality. From the structure of stone and sacred geometry, to the soft fluidity of petals and leaves, there is an ancient story to tell within each of its incarnations.
Inspired by the humanitarian and environmental work of Zainab Salbi, mobilising women to protect and restore our Earth, the gallery is bringing together a group of women artists each working through their own expressions in relationship with nature. The exhibition is a landscape of the senses, both sensual and thought provoking.
Delfina Velar de Irigoyen is an Argentinian artist whose practice aims to connect with people intuitively through a visual and tactile journey. Her series ‘Studio Devel fusioning Art and Design with Technology and Sustainability’ is a nod to her background in design.
Lucille Dweck is a London born painter of Egyptian-Jewish heritage. Dweck predominantly creates images of the natural world: principally exploring people, light, and reflections in nature. Her work investigates the magical/spiritual aspects of being in the natural world.
Jean Huang is a Canadian artist whose works demonstrate an intimate collaboration with Nature, with evidence of the land’s agency contributing to the palette, textures and composition through traces of dirt, rock, rain and snowmelt. Her paintings are likened to mapping, with soft wrinkles and folds on the canvas demonstrating the different shapes the painting took throughout the journey. Huang is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in painting at the Royal College of Art.
Selby Hurst Inglefield is a British artist who uses the technique of rug punching to create wall hung textiles that focus on themes of storytelling and fantasy, often inspired by stories of her own life. She explores the concept of the rug being a part of the domestic space, and its link with comfort and nostalgia, in turn creating a safe space within her practice.
Almudena Romero is a British-Spanish artist whose research in sustainable and naturally occurring photographic techniques has culminated in a body of work featuring photographic prints on plant leaves. Her work explores the impact of artistic production on the climate, and investigates the role which artists can play in the face of the climate emergency. These fragile, ephemeral works are encased in resin, in a process which alludes to fossilisation.
Maya Sanbar is a Palestinian-Lebanese-French-British artist whose practice seeks to impact positive global change and capture the power of art activism as a vehicle to inspire empathy, cross-cultural introspection, socio-political and environmental consciousness. Using a variety of media, from painting and sculpture to film and sound installation, her art questions and challenges the boundaries we experience, on a national, psychological, or emotional level. Her award-winning films have travelled far and wide, and her public art installations have created spaces for communities to interact on site-specific themes.
At its core the exhibition marks the gallery's new commitment to championing environmental work and playing its part in sustainability and environmental awareness.
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Jean Huang’s practice is an intimate collaboration with Nature—she creates site-specific works outside, inviting both the landscape and the weather to directly participate in the process. Evidence of the land’s agency in forming the palette, textures, and composition of each work is found through traces of dirt, rock, rain, and snowmelt. Soft wrinkles and folds in the canvas demonstrate the different shapes that the painting took throughout the journey, such as how the piece wrapped around a boulder or how it was carried along the hike. Her paintings are likened to mapping, as each piece begins on a hike, mimics the natural processes of the environment, and returns with the memories of the journey.
SELECTED WORKS
Large scale Hand II by Almudena Romero, Studies on my grandma’s garden, 2021, Photograph printed on Macrorrhiza leaf Casted in bio resin fossil, 65 x 40 cm
Hand on Wentii leaf by Almudena Romero, Studies on my grandma’s garden, 2022, Photograph printed on Wentii leaf Casted in bio resin fossil, 20 x 20 cm
In the Orchard by Lucille Dweck, 2019, Oil on Linen, 81 x 61 cm
Moonlight by Lucille Dweck, 2018, oil on linen,152 x 122 cm
To Wander in the Water by Lucille Dweck, 2019, oil on Canvas, 92 x 118 cm
Towards the light, the shadows behind me, by Jean Huang, 2024, Rocks, mud, peat, stream water, dog pawprints, and acrylic on canvas, LED lights, 180 x 185 cm
Zircon, edition 1/10 by Delfina Velar de Irigoyen, 3D printed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2022 Technique - 3D printed in sustainable PLA, biopolimer derived from beetroot and sugar cane, 100 x 100 cm
Mother Nature by Maya Sanbar, 2024, Tile, resin, dried plants and ceramic paint, 123 x 63 cm
The Gift by Maya Sanbar, 2024, Tile, resin, dried plants and ceramic paint, 123 x 63 cm
Splash by Maya Sanbar, 2024, Tile, resin, dried plants and ceramic paint, 101 x 101 cm
Glowing near me by Selby Hurst, 2024, wool, tinsel, wire, hessian, and metal lamp, 125 x 45cm
Orange hue by Selby Hurst, 2024, wool, tinsel, wire, hessian, and metal lamp, 77 x 36cm
Let the light in by Selby Hurst, 2024, wool, tinsel, wire, hessian, and metal lamp, 75 x 30cm
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