Watch and thee, absent another
13/03/19 - 06/03/19 at Bus Projects
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Repetitive gestures, 2018, oil and acrylic on canvas, 51 x 153 cm
Detail of Repetitive gestures, 2018, oil and acrylic on canvas, 51 x 153 cm
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Digging an affection trap, 2018/19, oil on sewn canvas, 51 x 40.5 cm
Role-play, 2018/19, oil and acrylic on paper, framed, 27 x 51 cm
Detail of Role-play, 2018/19, oil and acrylic on paper, framed, 27 x 51 cm
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Storm front/limb loosener, 2019, oil on sewn canvas, 66 x 50.5 cm
Me bitten by a lizard, 2019, oil on canvas, bronze, 45 x 35 cm
Detail of Me bitten by a lizard, 2019, oil on canvas, bronze, 45 x 35 cm
Me bitten by a lizard, 2019, oil on canvas, bronze, 45 x 35 cm
Doesn't mean it wasn't, 2018/19, oil & acrylic on paper, framed, 27 x 51 cm
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Floral motif, 2018, oil on linen, 45 x 35 cm
Fantasy natural tragedy, 2019, oil & acrylic on sewn canvas, 66 x 50.5 cm
Image credit Aaron Christopher Rees
Watch and thee, absent another’ traverses the affective edge between soft and hard. Through experimental modes of painting, as well as an approach that shifts between intuitive and formal, Longley explores and attempts to empty out romantic symbols (images) that allude to something greater than what is present. Deeming them fallible in their ability to hold emotional water. By manipulating (re-invigorating) clichés - historical, sentimental, and contemporary – her work induces a moment where viewers both feel, and recognize the mechanisms inspiring (or fabricating) their feeling.