Jump
Artist:
Lydia Gifford
Date:
2014
Materials:
Toile de jute, Wood, Hessian, Gesso, Ink, Oil paint
Dimensions:
29 x 25 x 3 cm
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Peinture
Lydia Gifford's works, experienced in their performative thickness, oscillate between monochrome painting and sculptural presence through the combination of modest and sometimes unusual materials: cardboard, fabric, towels, carpet, gesso, wax, ink, pigment, oil, clay, and nails. The artist proceeds in successive layers through a deeply physical process, experimenting with the resistance of the media in order to produce anthropomorphic forms endowed with thought and feelings. Echoing its title, Jump plays with its rough, unbleached surfaces to create haptic sensations by exalting the traces of gestures on the burlap canvas. Its irregular frame exposes the saturation of the fabric fixed intuitively by nails, translating the porous barrier between inside and outside. Often suspended in the studio, these works are then placed in a broader pictorial field within a site-specific context, questioning the temporality and scale of the human body between the horizontal and the vertical.
Text written by Veronika Doszla as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Text written by Veronika Doszla as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.