Biddy Hodgkinson
The Surface of Venus 1
Mixed Media on canvas
10 x 10 inches / 25.4 x 25.4 cm
Framed 11 x 11 inches / 28 x 28 cm
£550.00
About Biddy Hodgkinson
Hodgkinson's painting are inspired by the close observations of life cycles - her particular fascination is with the luminosity that exists in decay; the way it can present the unexpected and often startlingly beautiful patterns that are sometimes comparable to, but often outstrip, the monotone brightness of ripeness and youth. Her focus is on the infinite range of variation in the process of decay and deterioration and what it teaches us about our own media and advertising-taught notions of a supposedly perpetually extendable youth. Hodgkinson uses harmful agents, such as acids, to deliberately eat away swathes of colour showing them in the context of their own negation; as it would in nature. Her paintings investigate the unexpected vibrancy of rotting and death. As Wallace Stevens wrote : "Death is the mother of Beauty"Other works from this artist
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