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Artist Statement:
The current exploration of
what is best described as
'inscape' draws upon the
history of landscape genre in
painting and is an attempt to
rationalize the landscape in
which I find myself. I use
'landscape' in the broadest
sense of the word, not
excluding the landscape of the
mind. But why landscape with
all of its stereotypical
connotations? The answer is
simple- of the many
constituents that form the
human psyche our relationship
with the environment is
essential:
"Nature is the biggest of the
big pictures. We worship and
loathe it, sanctify and
destroy it... Subject both of
science and art, the landscape
functions as a mirror and a
lens: in it we see the space
we occupy and ourselves as we
occupy it. And have
consistently sought to connect
in some level with the
landscape."
My paintings mark the
contemporary relevance or
apparent neglect of landscape
art, which seems to have lost
its focus over the later part
of the last century. Having
been superseded by the
complexity and confusion of
practice, which could be
construed as artistically
introspective.
-Quotation: An extract from a
survey by Brian Wallis. ('Land
and Environmental Art.')
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Artist Galleries:
Stass Paraskos Gallery,
Cyprus College of Art, Lemba,
Cyprus
Art1821,
Augustine Steward House,
Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk,
England. UK...
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About the artist:
Born Norwich, England.
Cooke graduated from Norwich
School of Art and Design in
2003 with a BA(hons) in Fine
Art. Since graduating Cooke
has been working as a
professional artist and
curator. In 2004 she was
shortlisted for the Babylon
gallery Award for an emerging
artist ...
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Collections:
Work in a number of private
collections. Please email me
for sales enquiries at
raincooke@googlemail.com. ...
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Commissions:
Commissions welcomed, please
contact me at
raincooke@googlemail.com. ...
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Exhibitions for Lorraine Cooke:
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Postgraduate Diploma Exhibition:
At 'Cyprus College of Art' featuring work by Lorraine Cooke 14th- 22nd May 2011. Cyprus College of Art, 6 Eleftherias Street, Lempa, Paphos, Cyprus. All welcome.
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Rebirth:
An exhibition of contemporary Japanese art and Japanese inspired art curated by Lorraine Cooke in collaboration with the Unearthed exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Art1821 presents Rebirth (Thursday 29th July – Wednesday 8th September 2010). The exhibition showcases the work of eight contemporary artists. Japanese artists Sahoko Aki, Megumi Baba, Tsunaki Kuwashima, Keika Sako and UK based artist Shaun Caton have produced works in response to ancient Jomon culture considering Jomon existence, how encounters with small objects affect our perceptions of the world, connections between contemporary art and ancient art and the role of archaeology and culture in the making of identities. Veronica Grassi, Jazz Green and Barbara Leaney’s art works reference the meditative and philosophical nature of Japanese culture in the translation of aesthetics which are synonymous with contemporary Japanese arts.
Unearthed (until 29th August) brings together prehistoric ceramic figurines from the Balkans and Japan for the first time. Over 100 figurines from Albania, Macedonia, Japan, Romania and the UK are on display. These include ornate Jomon figurines (known as dogu) from the Robert & Lisa Sainsbury collection. The exhibition offers you the opportunity to get up close to those tiny, enigmatic figurines and to consider some of the mysteries of these ancient objects. There is a series of contemporary art works (including works by Shaun Caton and Tsunaki Kuwashima) which challenge us to think more widely about figurines and the expression of the human form.
REBIRTH…An ancient culture revisited, rediscovered, readdressed, revitalised and remade.
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