Gwenyth Fugard’s mixed media works are visceral, physical and gestural. In her work there is a violent and sensual bringing together of processes using paint and fabric in collision. The violence lies in the very physical process of folding, stitching, scratching, tearing and puncturing of surfaces. Paint is pressed into linen, organza, scrims and gauzes. The works evidence a method of construction, deconstruction and reconstruction, activating the surface.

During the process of painting there is a visual language of marks and punctuations that reappear and characterise the works; codes the viewer can discover. The surfaces have a sensuality. In some works there are velvety bold textures of thick paint, whilst in other works the paint is like a blush, a whisper, a breath. Discipline is asserted upon the fragile and raw natural materials, whilst other areas of the composition are left free to unfurl of their own accord. Layering and disrupting within each work, areas are left untouched with peripheries laid bare.

Lives and works in London

Nationality
British / New Zealand