Written by Trevor Kiernander. Karine Guyon’s paintings don’t want you to see them online. Or rather, Karine Guyon’s paintings insist that you see them in the flesh. Vibrant and vibrating, the paintings change with the slightest movement, and the viewer might find themselves contorting their necks to see where the painting will take them, but […]
The first thought I had when looking at Hanna Brody’s recent watercolour portraits was that they require something not always credited in the act of representation: a deep, sustained generosity. To conjure such ephemeral emotional states with this level of clarity suggests a rare kind of observational intimacy. Already an assured portraitist, Brody’s recent works […]