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Name
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| Loraine Monk |
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Email
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| Loraine.monk at btinternet.com |
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Website
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| LoraineMonkArtmatters.com |
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Instagram
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| LoraineMonk Instagram |
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Artist Statement
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| I recently have been exploring relief printing, seeing this practice as analogue, historical and political. All of the prints are hand cut and many printed on a hand turned book press. Influenced by Walter Benjamin and John Berger, I am interested in the archaeology of digging deeper into power relations, and representations of this in art. This approach requires both artist and the viewer to ‘dig’ into the image. I am interested in looking at occluded histories of disadvantaged groups. Recent images I made as a result of getting caught up in a Gilet Jaune riot in Paris in December. Unlike most previous demonstrations I have witnessed or participated the demonstrators had no banners and made no chants. They stood in anger, waiting for the police to charge. |
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Artist Bio
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| Originally painting using acrylics and oils focusing on a figurative and visceral painting method, I am now reaching into new mediums, while continuing an exploration of politics and representation through art. My working-class background, has been at the root of my politics, academic research and artist practice. This combines with an intersectional feminist approach. Ten months ago I began expanding my practice to printing, taking inspiration from 20th Century German Expressionist Woodcuts. |
Spectre of the Real 