Clair de Lune
An exhibition by Natalie Brem
30th AUGUST – 10th
OCTOBER 2010
OPEN 10am – 10pm Monday – Saturday, 3pm
– 9pm Sundays
The Tricycle
Gallery presents a new exhibition of photographs by the London-based Australian
artist Natalie Brem, whose work explores identity, figuration and the mechanisms
of art history.
This collection was inspired by the discovery of a book of works
created by Modernist female Australian painters. Brem was surprised to discover
that these artists were so poorly represented in art historical texts. The
outcome of her research is a selection of slides of these often little known
paintings which are projected onto naked female models, reinterpreting the role
of women within Australian art and the
d
efining of national identity.
The projected paintings mould around human forms, distorting and
adapting to their new physicality. Human portraits are pushed and pulled
releasing new layers of tension and atmosphere, and rich landscapes unfurl in
light covering the models like hyper real attire. Alongside its questioning of
injustices within art history, the project equally connects to more contemporary
practices relating to body art and possibilities for the human form to mimic a
canvas and aggravate the framework of Classicism.
Natalie
Brem’s work has been shown extensively in Australia, and her photographs
are in the collection of the celebrated photographer Lewis Morley. She has also
presented a solo show at his gallery.
This exhibition
will be Brem’s first solo exhibition in London.
For more
information please contact the artist on 07804 164604 or email
nbrem@readyaimshoot.co.uk
