Considering the Infinite Possibility of Nature with Victoria van Holthe at Brocket Gallery
The second exhibition in Brocket Gallery’s Curated Painting Programme, XX, Resisting Valhalla presents a body of work exploring and revisiting the drawings, photographs and video footage recorded
by artist, Victoria van Holthe, while sailing across The Atlantic with her father in the winter of 2013.
The artist's intention is for the work to be evocative of the atmosphere and elements experienced during this memorable journey. van Holthe considers timelessness, submersion, repetition, infinity, vertigo and
ultimately the power of nature.
Despite working from an actual experience and personal narrative, van Holthe's practice remains process led, particularly concerning her mediums in the physicality and properties of the paint and specific mixed media. Through the use of layering, directional brush marks, drips and areas of glazes the artist forms her own striking visual language.
Paintings will be accompanied by a series of etchings, sound and video installation, and a
chance to view the sketchbook diary from her thrilling transatlantic voyage.
Graduating from City and Guilds of London Art School in 2013, the evolving formations produced from
Van Holthe’s application of inks and paints create an energy that radiates through the depth and
fabrication of her finished pieces.
Brocket works with, and for, early career artists to create a dynamic and critically engaging curatorial
programme and is dedicated to providing an accessible arena for the purchase of art. Each exhibition aims to provide the viewer with a deeper understanding of the works and processes. Van Holthe previously exhibited at the Brocket Gallery Project Space with renowned Brutalist architect turned fine-artist, Neave Brown in Mapping the Form, April 2015.
VICTORIA VAN HOLTHE: RESISTING VALHALLA
16 Windmill Row,
Kennington,
London
SE11 5DW
Tue – Fri 10.00 – 18.00
Thurs until 20.00
Sat & Sun 10.00 – 16.00
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