Dahlia IX at ING Discerning Eye Exhibition
The ING Discerning Eye exhibition will take place at the Mall Galleries from 15 to 24 November 2024, and online until 1 January 2025.
The exhibition was curated by tastemakers including art critic Will Gompertz, artist Adebanji Alade and interior designer Gabrielle Blackman.
Out of 6,000+ entries, 685 artworks by 398 creatives were shortlisted for this prestigious show.
The ING Discerning Eye showcases talent in a wide range of media – painting, drawing, sculpture, print, photography, video, textile, ceramic and more.
The exhibition is free to visit every day, 10am to 5pm from Friday 15 to Saturday 23 November, and 10am to 1pm on Sunday 24 November 2024.
“In London-based artist Rosalind Hobley’s expressive cyanotypes, flowers assume a portrait-like quality through varied textures and supple shapes.”
‘Parrot Tulips I’ Cyanotype Print at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 21-24 November 2024
I am delighted that my print was selected for the leading international art fair for contemporary print, taking place 21-24 November at London’s historic Royal Arsenal.
There will be a small number of prints from this limited edition available, both at the fair and online on the Woolwich Contemporary Print website.
It’s also a great opportunity to see some of the most original and accomplished printmaking in the UK and beyond. The exhibited prints were selected from over 7000 entries this year.
When making this print I was inspired by rich, dramatic and detailed Dutch flower paintings, Robert Mapplethorpe’s beautiful drooping vases of tulips, and Oscar Wilde’s description of Dorian Grey’s Mayfair drawing room:
“Some large blue china jars and parrot-tulips were ranged on the mantelshelf, and through the small leaded panes of the window streamed the apricot-coloured light of a summer day in London.”
About
I am an artist making prints inspired by sculptural forms, whether that be the figure, or plants and flowers in still life arrangements. I use the early photographic methods of cyanotype and photogravure.
The cyanotype prints are made from large scale negatives, which are contact printed with specially coated paper that I make myself. They are exposed using UV light from the sun, or in my studio. They are then carefully washed, dried and flattened.
London Artist using cyanotype and photogravure
