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Off the Rails (Fukuoka), 2019 (detail) Interactive installation painting 40 dress ‘object-paintings’ (mixed media), 40 hangers Wall text with a set of instructions for the viewer Installation-size variable Photography: Thomas Jenkins
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Seraching, 2003 acrylic on canvas 112 x 112cm
Exhibition
Exchange - Paintings by Lisa Milroy
20 May 2021 – 16 Jul 2021
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 16:00
Timezone: Europe/London
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- Language: English
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Exchange brings together a selection of Lisa Milroy’s paintings from 2003 to 2021 to explore her relation to Japan, the themes of exchange, transmission, and transformation, all recurrent in her practice.
Finissage will be on Fri 16 July, 6-8 pm
About
For her exhibition at White Conduit Projects, Painting 'Off the Rails (Japan)’, 2019, fills the upstairs gallery, a counterpart to the more contemplative display of paintings based on Japanese imagery downstairs. Milroy has created a series of textile/collage paintings using antique Japanese fabric. These paintings embody Milroy’s characteristic enjoyment in the formal interplay between pattern, colour and surface -- a means for Milroy to explore her interest in and taste for Japanese aesthetics – and her long-standing connection to Japan through the lens of still life. The lively combination of fabric pieces and painted surfaces trigger intimate memories of clothing and textiles, and animate the sense of touch and of ‘making’ and ‘looking’ for the viewer. Underneath the surfaces of these inventive, affectionate canvases, in which percolates Milroy’s attachment to Japan, lies an innovative contemporary plot.
