Southbank Printmakers are celebrating the work of the artist
Carole Hensher with an exhibition running from May 4 to May 17. We would welcome you at the Private View on 5th May 5-8pm. Carole, an
active member of the organisation for many years, died recently from cancer at
the peak of her career. While best known as a lithographer, she used a variety
of printmaking techniques, working not only on paper but also on textiles and
3-dimensional constructions. Her subject-matter was equally varied, ranging
from playful images of women's clothing and footwear as imagined by their
wearers right through to darker representations of female vulnerability with internal
anatomy juxtaposed with outer clothing. Between the two extremes lay an
eclectic mix of other subjects and approaches. The exhibition will feature a
wide selection of her prints and all items shown will be for sale.
Carole was a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Painter-Printmakers whose work has been widely exhibited internationally. Her
prints have been reproduced in various authoritative books and publications including
Printmakers' Secrets and The Printmakers' Bible. Not only a painter and
printmaker, Carole was also well known for her three-dimensional work,
especially her surreal fabric constructions. One of these, Dark Angel, was used
by the Affordable Art Fair as their foyer centre-piece.
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| Dark Angel |
Carole's full-page obituary in The Independent is accessible
from her website, www.hensher.co.uk. Her
premature death was greeted with dismay in the printmaking community and this exhibition
is a rare opportunity to see and acquire work by this highly respected
practitioner.
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| Butterfly Shoes |
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| Soft Carapace |
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