Exhibition Highlight

Georgina Gratrix 

Mr Nice to Meet You, 2011

Oil on canvas

120 x 100cm
Georgina Gratrix Mr Nice to Meet You, 2011 Oil on canvas 120 x 100cm

Georgina Gratrix is known for paintings that feature expressive, impasto brushwork and humorous yet uncomfortable distortions of figures. For over a decade Gratrix has investigated how the painted image can both seduce and challenge a viewer while developing an immediately recognisable visual language that has a broad public appeal.[1]

 

Portraiture is a favoured genre with subjects drawn from Gratrix’s personal and social world, as well as contemporary pop and celebrity culture[2]. In her portraits, Gratrix, densely layers paint and adds unusual manipulations of the body to give the appearance of believability[1]. The paintings are fresh, energetic, witty, vibrant and colourful – yet melancholic.

 
[1] Norval Foundation (2020). The Reunion: Georgina Gratrix, [Online]. Available: https://www.norvalfoundation.org/i-have-made-a-place/
[2] SMAC Gallery (2018). My Show, [Online]. Available: https://smacgallery.com/exhibition/georgina-gratrix-my-show-29-march-24-may-2012/