Coming soon, two new exhibitions will open at Welbeck’s Harley Gallery, exploring how artists capture the personality of their sitters using more than just a pretty face.
The Harley Gallery, has invited award-winning artist Sophie Ploeg to make a new series of works, which has been inspired by the portraits that are already on show in The Portland Collection gallery at Welbeck.
For the ‘Identity and Dress’ exhibition (29 October 2016 - 8 January 2017), Ploeg has clothed her contemporary sitters in historically inspired costumes to create some amazing, highly detailed, portraits.
She comments that: “I like to use painted fabrics to point you to the past - our past - and show you a bit of the beauty of our history. Historical fashion and fabrics are tools to dive into a fantasy world with some very strong links to current modern taste and historical facts. I can pick and choose from the past and try to create images that are beautiful, a touch mysterious, recognisable or even contemporary.”
Also showing is one of England's best known contemporary folk artists, Julie Arkell, who presents ‘Away Away’ (5 November 2016 - 8 January 2017), where her beautiful mythical ‘creatures’ will fill a landscape of knitted ponds, paths and even shadows. Each of these creatures are assembled through knit, stitch and papier-mâché. Although their faces are neutral, they are given unique characters through clothing which is often adorned with words or phrases.
Make sure to visit the Harley Gallery to see these inspiring works before they're gone.
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