CATHERINE GOODMAN – EVE
2019-01-14Goodman was artist-in-residence at Hauser & Wirth Somerset from January to May 2018 and many of the works in the exhibition were made during her residency. Her practice includes expressionistic landscapes, vigorous sketches, experimental collages and portraits; central to her process is the act of drawing from observation, whether from life, objects or the great masters and their works. She has travelled extensively, working for many years in India and the Mediterranean landscape.
The exhibition is titled ‘Eve’ and the majority of works are vibrant, colourful, landscape based painting occupying the Threshing Barn, Workshop and Pigsty galleries. Goodman describes her residency in Somerset as ‘a quiet, contemplative setting where the idea for this garden grew.’ Although not explicitly representing the ‘Garden of Eden’, these energetic paintings incorporate rich, rural habitats, often with female figures or children merging into the landscape. All of the artist’s paintings begin with drawing from life, which is fundamental to her practice. Whilst on the residency in Bruton, Somerset, Goodman set up and took part in regular life drawing sessions. It was from these sessions that the figure of Eve emerged and subsequently features in several of her paintings.
Opposite – Departed Presence, 2018
Exhibition runs through to May 6th, 2019
Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Durslade Farm
Dropping Lane, Bruton
BA10 0NL
Somerset
