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Joanna Kessel, Illumination White Gold No1-400
Joanna Kessel, Illumination White Gold No1-400

Joanna Kessel

Illumination White Gold No1-400
24k Venetian gold leaf mosaic, smalti, marble, cement based adhesive, pigment, plywood
40x2.5cm
Inches Carr Award Winner 2022
Shannon Tofts
NFS

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(In)visible Cities is a celebration of hidden glimpses of the urban environments we inhabit, of being present in the moment and of finding beauty within the ordinary. It takes its title from Italo Calvino’s novel Invisible Cities and is informed by the work of Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa. Illumination is a series of work exploring the simple geometry and inherent beauty of the circle. I view mosaic as an erratically gridded field of articulate fragments and am interested in how our perception of a material, or colour, can appear to alter when viewed in proximity to another.
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Joanna Kessel studied at Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. Her mosaic artwork is nationally and internationally renowned and is frequently shown in the international mosaic biennale in Ravenna, Italy. In 2019 she had a solo exhibition within Collect Open at the Saatchi Gallery, London.

 

Website:joannakessel.co.uk

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