Primer:
Louise Giovanelli
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Workplace is delighted to launch Primer a new series of online exhibitions which shed light on the artistic processes behind a single finished work. Focusing on a new painting by Louise Giovanelli from her curtain series, this exhibition invites the viewer on a journey of discovery of the artist's studio practice.
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Louise Giovanelli, Dyer, 2020, 170 x 260cm (diptych)
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“It is about the power of illusion and the power of what you see on the surface and the tension between representation and reality of what's there and what's suggested. And that thin line that separates the picture plane from the pictorial space: what's inside that image and what's represented on the surface of the canvas.”
- Maria H. Loh
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"Through a process of assembling, collaging and placing together imagery from various sources, the subject matter of Giovanelli’s work takes shape. Although dozens of images inform a single work, we have selected the images below from the mood board on the artist’s studio, which demonstrate Louise’s wider practice as well as having a direct reference to Dyer ”
- Miles Thurlow
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Photo by Mariano Fortuny
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Photo of taken by the artist of a detail of a work by Gregor Schneider on view at Munster Sculpture Project
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Still image from the film ‘In The Mood For Love’ (Source: IMDb)
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“All of these things combine to create a kind of tone or a mood. Ultimately I am thinking of my work altogether as a distilled film, trying to create a very contemplative atmosphere”
- Louise Giovanelli
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Footage of Louise Giovanelli in her studio from an Arts Council supported project at Paradise Works, Manchester. Courtesy of Stephen Iles.
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