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Although the artist is always in front of the camera, she insists that her images are not self-portraits. Dressed in black since the early 1970’s, sometimes with objects or furniture found in her studio, she assumes positions that she has painstakingly choreographed in order to create complex visual compositions that are as much about space and line as the relationship between the artist and the image. Sometimes she further complicates these compositions by painting directly onto the photographs in bold primary blue or red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent international exhibitions at the Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid (2009), The Drawing Centre, New York and the Sydney Biennial (2004), the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostella (2000), have brought greater recognition of this artist’s significance both in relation to Portuguese art but in a wider international context. 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Hamilton is renowned for her art-pop, culture-inspired sculptures and installations that incorporate references from the worlds of art, fashion, design and cinema. 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This publication, produced to coincide with the 2018 exhibition \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kettlesyard.co.uk\/events\/richard-pousette-dart-beginnings\/\" title=\"Richard Pousette-Dart Beginnings\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Pousette-Dart: Beginnings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e reflects new research into the life and work of Richard Pousette-Dart and his significant contribution to American art in the 20th Century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaying a key role in the genesis of Abstract Expressionism and the New York School, which transformed American art in the post-war years, Pousette-Dart’s contemporaries included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Willem de Kooning. Jim Ede, creator of Kettle’s Yard, first met Pousette-Dart in New York in 1940. Research exploring their transatlantic correspondence over subsequent decades was a catalyst for the first solo exhibition of the work of Pousette-Dart in the UK, held at Kettle's Yard in 2018. 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For this exhibition, Mehretu made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making which are fundamental to her artistic practice. Inspired by current world issues, her personal biography, and the history of abstraction, Mehretu’s powerful works interrogate the present with urgency and lyricism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1970, and now resident in New York, Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today. A recent painting by the artist, \u003cem\u003eGhosthymn\u003c\/em\u003e, was included in the exhibition \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kettlesyard.co.uk\/events\/actions\/\"\u003eActions. 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Images of the Kettle’s Yard House and Alfred Wallis’ artworks are cut up and collaged with painted patterns and hand-drawn faces of grinning children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story imagines the painter Alfred Wallis, whose work is an important part of the Kettle’s Yard collection, living in Kettle’s Yard and feeling lonely. He decides to go on an adventure, travelling to North Cambridge and taking a number of his paintings with him. There he meets and befriends children in the local area and they share stories and adventures inspired by his seascapes. After his journey he returns to the gallery where he feels lonely once more but happily his new friends come and visit him there and the gallery sparks new adventures for them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘For me, this project proved that stories gather a kind of magic when they get passed around between children, parents, artists and writers. This story has been rolled in sand, wrapped in gingham, covered in bubbles and dressed up as a fish. Illustrating the story involved lots of cutting and sticking including ten tiny moustaches for Alfred Wallis! Every page is inspired by drawings I made during the sessions with the brilliant families of North Cambridge.’ \u003c\/em\u003eRose Feather, Illustrator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eThe book is enjoyable for a wide range of ages but is particularly recommended for children aged 18 months - 4 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\nSoftcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e36 pages\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 210 x 297mm\u003cbr\u003e ISBN: 9781904561538\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlfred Wallis (1855–1942) was a Cornish fisherman and artist. After the death of his wife in 1922, he turned to painting as a way of fending off loneliness. He had no artistic training and worked with household oil paints in limited colours on found pieces of card. He was admired by Ben Nicholson and Christopher Wood, who came across his work when visiting St. Ives in 1928 and then included it in the Seven \u0026amp; Five Society’s exhibition of 1929. Jim Ede, Founder of Kettle’s Yard, was one of Wallis’ most ardent collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlay and Picture Books was an early years literacy project funded by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cambslearntogether.co.uk\/cambridgeshire-early-years-and-childcare\/narrowing-the-gap\/talking-together-in-cambridgeshire\" title=\"Talking Together in Cambridgeshire\"\u003eTalking Together in Cambridgeshire\u003c\/a\u003e and delivered by Kettle’s Yard and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.redhenproject.org\/\" title=\"The Red Hen Project\"\u003eRed Hen Project\u003c\/a\u003e, a charity based in North Cambridge working with families to overcome barriers to learning. 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