Thursday 21 October 2010
Nikos Leonidas : Final Piece
Monday 18 October 2010
Exhibition Invite
An exhibition of paintings by
Ella Phillips
Curated by Habda Rashid
Indo Bar
133 Whitechapel Road E1 1DT
1 November-30 November
Opening: 1 November 6pm- 11pm
Friday 1 October 2010
Pros Duon and Nadent Pon
Although I haven't finished Nikos Leonidas' portrait (still needs text), I have started my next portrait...
I met two amazing dancers from Cambodia in Trafalgar Square. They invited me to see them perform at Spitalfields and it was amazing! I am still in the process of editing the film of their performance that I hope could be shown alongside their portraits. Pros Duon and Nadent Pon were only in London for two weeks as part of a dance tour they were doing with a charity that works in both London and Cambodia. They hope to go on and teach dance to other people in Cambodia.
...I have started my portrait of Nadent Pon, however, as with Nikos Leonardis the text is yet to be added. My plan so far is to collage text onto my images and it is a longer process sourcing this material than the actual painting!
I had planned to leave the eyes of Nadent blank to allow a projection of indidividual
spectator's eyes to 'complete' the painting.
...I imagined that this would develop on my exploration of the interaction of layer. But my compulsion to create a painting that stands alone, absent from the need of technology overwhelmed this origninal plan. I discovered that although I am keen to push my portraiture in a contemporary direction that embraces the idea of audience particpation and moves away from it as a static 'forme dépassée'; I am also guided by an impulse to create portraits that I can make soley with my hands, colour and a surface...
I met two amazing dancers from Cambodia in Trafalgar Square. They invited me to see them perform at Spitalfields and it was amazing! I am still in the process of editing the film of their performance that I hope could be shown alongside their portraits. Pros Duon and Nadent Pon were only in London for two weeks as part of a dance tour they were doing with a charity that works in both London and Cambodia. They hope to go on and teach dance to other people in Cambodia.
...I have started my portrait of Nadent Pon, however, as with Nikos Leonardis the text is yet to be added. My plan so far is to collage text onto my images and it is a longer process sourcing this material than the actual painting!
I had planned to leave the eyes of Nadent blank to allow a projection of indidividual
spectator's eyes to 'complete' the painting.
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