Triptych installed at, University West of England.
" The work is part of a research project, which
began in my practice as a painter and a teacher
of life drawing. It sets out to question whether the
nude or naked body, figuratively represented in
painting, is unfinished business; and whether it
is possible for a viewer to perceive a painted
nude as another equal - rather than an object of
desire. Out of this research two ideas have arisen:
first, the viewer has to connect the world of the
picture to their own existence in order to
experience realism in the image; and second,
the manner in which the picture is viewed can be
as important as its content.
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an exhibition by Karen Wallis