Artist Information:
Gwendoline Viney
Southampton,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jan 2007
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Artist Statement:
Still life painting, as a
pictorial genre, has
traditionally been considered
a “minor” form of artistic
expression and invention.
Much of my paintings are
simple, or as Norman Bryson
writes, ‘it is a form of
rhopography –‘from rhopos’,
trivial objects, small wares,
trifles…the depiction of those
things which lack importance,
the unassuming material base
of life that ‘importance’
constantly overlooks”- the So
what?
My work looks at the
overlooked, from which the
human figure has been
banished, leaving objects that
are usually assimilated to
woman’s sexuality as seen in
the home, a woman’s place
filled with those familiar
objects of desire.
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Gwendoline Viney's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Gwendoline Viney's Portfolio. Browse Viney's body of work: Still life painting, as a pictorial genre, has traditionally been considered a “minor” form of artistic expression and invention. Much of my paintings are simple, or as Norman Bryson writes, ‘it is a form of rhopography –‘from rhopos’, trivial objects, small wares, trifles…the depiction of those things which lack importance, the unassuming material base of life that ‘importance’ constantly overlooks”- the So what?
My work looks at the overlooked, from which the human figure has been banished, leaving objects that are usually assimilated to woman’s sexuality as seen in the home, a woman’s place filled with those ... |
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