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Born 1972. Known for: Vibrant abstract painting, sculpture.
Hovering between abstraction and figuration, Clare Woods’ visceral paintings are characterized by fluid mark-making and vibrant colors. Originally trained as a sculptor, Woods create work occupied... Read full biography
Hovering between abstraction and figuration, Clare Woods’ visceral paintings are characterized by fluid mark-making and vibrant colors. Originally trained as a sculptor, Woods create work occupied with exploring physical form in two-dimensional space. Fusing diverse influences from Paul Nash and... Read full biography
Hovering between abstraction and figuration, Clare Woods’ visceral paintings are characterized by fluid mark-making and vibrant colors. Originally trained as a sculptor, Woods create work occupied with exploring physical form in two-dimensional space. Fusing diverse influences from Paul Nash and Barbara Hepworth to Marlene Dumas and Wolfgang Tillmans, Woods destabilizes traditional art historical genres including landscape, portraiture, and still life. Themes such as beauty, mortality, and loss... Read full biography
Hovering between abstraction and figuration, Clare Woods’ visceral paintings are characterized by fluid mark-making and vibrant colors. Originally trained as a sculptor, Woods create work occupied with exploring physical form in two-dimensional space. Fusing diverse influences from Paul Nash and Barbara Hepworth to Marlene Dumas and Wolfgang Tillmans, Woods destabilizes traditional art historical genres including landscape, portraiture, and still life. Themes such as beauty, mortality, and loss underpin her practice. Woods’ compositions evolve from an archive holding thousands of found and personal photographs. Using instinctive, free-flowing brushstrokes, Woods defamiliarizes her source imagery by breaking them down into their formal... Read full biography
Hovering between abstraction and figuration, Clare Woods’ visceral paintings are characterized by fluid mark-making and vibrant colors. Originally trained as a sculptor, Woods create work occupied with exploring physical form in two-dimensional space. Fusing diverse influences from Paul Nash and Barbara Hepworth to Marlene Dumas and Wolfgang Tillmans, Woods destabilizes traditional art historical genres including landscape, portraiture, and still life. Themes such as beauty, mortality, and loss underpin her practice. Woods’ compositions evolve from an archive holding thousands of found and personal photographs. Using instinctive, free-flowing brushstrokes, Woods defamiliarizes her source imagery by breaking them down into their formal elements. The artist begins with a single image, drawing a simple outline on gessoed aluminum before considering how to approach its flattene... Read full biography