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GWEN HARDIE - Intimations
On view: March 11 - April 22, 2022
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Intimations
"Acknowledging the canvas as an object, I transform it into a three dimensional space by blending oil paint in one color with graduated tones. I then blend a foreground color into this background, adjusting the values between the two grounds to bring the foreground color into prominence. The background acts like a base; holding and coaxing the foreground color into levels of radiance. This dominant foreground color is my muse; it represents the life force at its most reduced and vital - pared down to an essence - where the color has a physical actuality that seems to glow and breathe." - GH
Recent shows include“Human Boundaries’ , Galerie Pugliese Levi in Berlin Nov 2021- Feb 2022, Art The Hague (2021), PAN AMSTERDAM and KunstRAI art fairs with ASAP Gallery, Rotterdam, and at Chabot Fine Art in The Hague. Hardie's work is in private and public collections such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the British Council, London, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Modern Collection, Lisbon. Her work has been reviewed by Art In America, The New York Times, Artcritical.com, The Glasgow Herald, The New Yorker, The Scotsman, and The Independent among others. Hardie has received Fellowships at The Bogliasco Foundation, Genoa, Italy, VCCA, MacDowell and Yaddo in the USA.
Born and educated in Scotland, Gwen Hardie now lives and works in NYC.
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GWEN HARDIE
On view: September 9 - October 22, 2021
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"Acknowledging the canvas as an object, I first transform it into a three dimensional space by blending oil paint in one color, with graduated tones. Into this space, I introduce a foreground color, which blends seamlessly with the background color and creates the illusion of an emerging form that oscillates between physical presence and atmosphere. Fine adjustments between the tonality and saturation of both background and foreground colors create an illusion of subtle movement and animation.
The colors and tones I work with are inspired by the spectrum of human skin tones and effects of light and shadow. Skin tone colors carry emotional and existential weight while the colors of light and shadow convey illusions of proximity and distance. What fascinates me in particular, is the extent to which the foreground color radiates and glows in front of the picture plane. Together as a series, the paintings are a kind of visual allegory of universality.” GH
Scottish painter Gwen Hardie lives and works in New York City. Upcoming shows include “Human Boundaries” (Solo) at Galerie Pugliese Levi in Berlin, Nov 6 - Dec 23, 2021 and 'Art the Hague’, Sep 29 - Oct 3, 2021 with ASAP Gallery, Rotterdam. Hardie lived and worked in Berlin and London before moving to NYC in 2000.
Recent exhibitions include: Art The Hague, PAN AMSTERDAM and KunstRAI/Art Amsterdam art fairs, with Alexandra Siebelink Art Projects – ASAP; REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting, with Lucien Freud, Jenny Saville and others at The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and The Sainsbury Centre, Norwich UK; SKIN; An Artistic Atlas, with John Coplans, Marlene Dumas and others at The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
Hardie's work is in many private and public collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, The British Council and the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. She was the youngest ever artist to be given a solo show at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, in 1990.
Reviews of her work are in Art In America, The New York Times, Artcritical.com, The Glasgow Herald, The New Yorker, The Scotsman, and The Independent. Hardie has received Fellowships at The Bogliasco Foundation, Genoa, Italy, VCCA, MacDowell and Yaddo in the USA.