Candice Tripp at Lazarides, Newcastle, UK, 14 Nov - 31 Jan

Exhibition Description:

Lazarides Gallery will be presenting Home is Where the Telly is, a new series of work by Candice Tripp. The South African born artist has created a new body of work that deals with the unsettling images of the unexpected using a carefully executed ink and paint. Small girls in candy coloured dresses encounter strange beasts, and then not all is quite as it seems, as we are led into a world where dainty and dark collide.

Tripp’s new paintings are an enticing mélange of brutal and witty, with multilayered meanings and sub-surface stories. She creates beautiful, illustrative work, that simultaneously displays a depth that goes beyond the slew of the street art that decorates rather than demonstrates. Her paintings are funny and quirky, thoughtful and inviting.

Works such as ‘Do You Think Your Mom Will Notice?’ describe the familiarity of home and cute, cuddly animals with a cheeky nod in the direction of bloody violence. The works resonate with an innocence that steers clear of societal commentary, choosing instead to youthfully represent grown-up scenarios, or childish scenarios with a grown-up twist, such as in Still Rocking.

This is Tripp’s first solo exhibition at Lazarides in Newcastle. The gallery has played host to a series of shows by both established and emerging artists. The exhibition will feature a site-specific installation, twenty new, original works and limited edition prints. Candice Tripp was born in 1985 and left South Africa in 2004 to settle in the UK. She now lives and works in Newcastle. She has had her first solo show at Electrik Sheep in April 07. Tripp has exhibited in Los Angeles, London, Newcastle, Vienna and Berlin.

Description:

Image: Candice Tripp
Head Start
Courtesy the artist and Lazarides Gallery
Copyright: Candice Tripp, 2008

Full Contact Details:

Lazarides Gallery 77 Quayside
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 3DE
Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-6pm
Admission: Free