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"Silke Otto-Knapp’s paintings feature two constant subjects - performance and landscape – evoked in gouache and watercolour on canvas in a subtractive process that washes away layers to reveal forms beneath. The translucent space and the fugitive figures that emerge engage the active participation of the viewer whose movement brings aspects of the composition into their perception.
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Silke Otto-Knapp’s exhibition, Monday or Tuesday, takes its name from a short story by Virgina Woolf, published in 1921. This historical precursor is one of several motifs which hold the work in a framework that extends beyond the realm of painting, into literature, dance and cultural history. [...]"
Silke Otto-Knapp
Monday or Tuesday
17 January 2014 - 30 March 2014
Camden Arts Centre, London
http://www.camdenartscentre.org/whats-on/view/ex-sok
