An exhibition of Liz Arnold's work at Camden Arts Centre, London, 20 Feb - 19 Apr

Exhibition Description:

Camden Arts Centre presents a new exhibition by Liz Arnold, one of the most original painters to emerge onto the London art scene in the 1990s. It includes paintings and watercolours, some of which have never been exhibited before. Her carefully crafted canvases depict cartoon-like animals seemingly imbued with human emotions. They inhabit a world that is both fantastical and familiar.

Selected for the 1996 New Contemporaries at Camden Arts Centre, and for Becks Futures at the ICA in 2000, Arnold's paintings have proved irresistible to both the critics and the public alike. Mythic Heaven (1995), a painting of a smoking ladybird, and Field Trip (1999), a toxic landscape punctuated by green, drooping, phallic plants, are typical of her wit and unique vision. Arnold described her paintings as "little worlds", created to both escape from, and refer to, the real world.

This posthumous exhibition is the first solo of Arnold's work in a public gallery and is curated by four artists: Richard Kirwan, Brighid Lowe, Bridget Smith and Daniel Sturgis. It provides a unique opportunity to reassess work from all periods of her brief but influential career. Liz Arnold died in 2001, aged 36.

Description:

Artist Biography: Liz Arnold was born in Scotland and went on to study Fine Art at Middlesex University and Goldsmith's College. She emerged from art school during the economic recession of the mid 1990s. Like many artists at the time, she established her reputation by exhibiting in artist-run spaces. Arnold participated in notable exhibitions organised by Hardwork, City Racing, Five Years and with 90s artist collective, BANK. The Adam Gallery in Kennington and W139 in Amsterdam were amongst the first galleries to provide exposure for Arnold's work, leading to solo exhibitions with commercial galleries in London, Chicago, Portugal and Turin.

Image: Liz Arnold, Pet Champetre , 1996
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