Susie Hamilton: In Atoms
Paul Stolper
9 June – 9 July 2016
Drips of paint, suggestive brush strokes, thin
translucent veils rendering the surface indistinct. Even when clustered
together, Susie Hamilton’s paintings evoke a pang of loneliness: they offer
snapshots capturing that sense of isolation and existential angst we have all
felt during moments of despair. Returning to Paul Stolper Gallery for a 20-year
retrospective, the artist offers an overview of her work, showing both its
breadth, but also the simultaneous consistency of her preoccupation: lone
figures, filled with sadness, exposed in darkness or light; the comedy of human
pursuits. As Albert Camus wrote: “At any street corner the feeling of absurdity
can strike any man in the face.”
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