Helena Almeida: Inhabited Paintings, Richard Saltoun
Helena Almeida claims the Yves Klein blue for herself in her first solo London exhibition at Richard Saltoun gallery
Helena ALMEIDA 1934-1992 Pintura Habitada, 1977/2007
Helena Almeida artist
In a new exhibition at Richard Saltoun gallery, Helena Almeida spits out the Yves Klein blue and makes it her own. Exploring shadow and light, Almeida's unique photographs will be displayed alongside fellow Portuguese artist, Lourdes Castro.
Helena Almeida biography
Almeida has twice represented Portugal at the Venice Biennial (1982 and 2005) and learnt painting at the School of Fine Arts, Lisbon.
Helena Almeida photography
One of the leading female artists of the 1970s and 80s, Almeida is known for the jarring sweeps of vivid blue paint across her photographic self-portraits. Lovers of the artist Yves Klein will find similarities between Almeida and Klein’s use of naked women as ‘human paintbrushes’. Blurring and interfering with the image, Almeida uses the stroke of blue paint, the slash of a pencil or the placement of a strand of horsehair to break apart the picture surface. But seizing control away from, Klein, Almeida makes the definitive masculine blue into a feminine tool.
Watch a master at work in this new exhibition in Fitzrovia.
In a new exhibition at Richard Saltoun gallery, Helena Almeida spits out the Yves Klein blue and makes it her own. Exploring shadow and light, Almeida's unique photographs will be displayed alongside fellow Portuguese artist, Lourdes Castro.
Helena Almeida biography
Almeida has twice represented Portugal at the Venice Biennial (1982 and 2005) and learnt painting at the School of Fine Arts, Lisbon.
Helena Almeida photography
One of the leading female artists of the 1970s and 80s, Almeida is known for the jarring sweeps of vivid blue paint across her photographic self-portraits. Lovers of the artist Yves Klein will find similarities between Almeida and Klein’s use of naked women as ‘human paintbrushes’. Blurring and interfering with the image, Almeida uses the stroke of blue paint, the slash of a pencil or the placement of a strand of horsehair to break apart the picture surface. But seizing control away from, Klein, Almeida makes the definitive masculine blue into a feminine tool.
Watch a master at work in this new exhibition in Fitzrovia.
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| What | Helena Almeida: Inhabited Paintings, Richard Saltoun |
| Where | Richard Saltoun, 111 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 6RY | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Regent's Park (underground) |
| When |
27 Mar 15 – 22 May 15, Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm |
| Price | £Free |
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