Artist
Part of events on ArtRabbit in: London
The images Eleanor creates, often depict the grand decay of monumental spaces, stately and unstately homes, and historical landscapes. This subject matter reflects on the idea of preservation, a focus on documenting obsolete spaces that share similarities to the darkroom, now considered a dated concept to many. Her art practice is an ongoing study of unique artefacts and traditions that have become a thing of the past and no longer practiced today. The manipulative and disrupting quality in each of her series highlights the way we are becoming increasingly distracted by our own thoughts and preoccupations, memories or recollections that we do not really register where we are. Of having some sort of screen between us and the world we are facing. Realised as a dissolving, coloured cloud of mist, or smoke, hovering over an abandoned or overlooked space, these particular works are also warnings: distraction may be seductive, but it’s important to remember the importance of being present in our lives at all times.
Exhibitions and Events
2016