Public Hangings - Review by Andrew Harper

The Memory Palace

Solo Exhibition at Handmark Gallery, Salamanca

In 2016, I was lucky to selected as Handmark Gallery's Emerging Artist.

My first solo show with Handmark took place in August.

All works from the show can be found at:

www.emilyblom.com.au

www.handmark.com.au

New Website

I am in the process of launching my new website!

www.emilyblom.com.au

You will be able to find updates on recent work and upcoming exhibitions here.

Stay tuned for details of my upcoming solo show at Handmark Gallery in Evandale.

www.handmark.com.au

New work

Well....
It has been quite some time since I have updated this site so hear goes!

I have been flat out painting over the past 12 months (printmaking has taken a back seat for a while).
Here are a few of my recent works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mascarata - Solo Show at Entrepot Gallery

Opening tomorrow night at 5.30
Come along and celebrate the opening of my solo show at Entrepot Gallery.

On show until 31 May.

Art at Ethos



Woman's Day Series

Now Showing at Ethos

100 Elizabeth St

Hobart

Limited edition prints available!

Grad Show Works

Printmaking Grad Show 2011 - Emily Blom

Womans Day Series

Etching and Monoprint on BFK Reeves

Womans Day #1

Womans Day #2

Womans Day #3

The Beginning of the End

Womans Day #5

Womans Day #6

Womans Day #7

Grad Show 2011

“I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have changed several times since then.” – Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll).

The work is an expression of the instability of self-image realised through the daily routine applying make-up to mask insecurities and fit the mould of society’s expectation. The mask has the power to transform, yet it is ephemeral. No matter how much, often or carefully it is re-applied the women inevitably return to the unmasked point from which they began.

This current project is an extension of previous work that has looked at self-perception in its various forms and the relationship between the self and the mirrored reflection. It aims to challenge the manipulated and air brushed mass media perception of beauty and women’s pathological ritualised behaviour in chasing this quest.

A theatrical reference is used as an allegory for the theatre of our daily lives and includes reference to Japanese Kabuki theatre, classical Greek theatre and the doll like faces of marionette puppetry.

The daily, obsessive need for perfection is shown in the work through repetition. The frieze depicts the figure and its perceived reflected image in transition from the vulnerable to the painted mask. On either end is an apparent mirror image, yet there are differences to demonstrate that though each cycle is mechanically similar self-image is fluid and perceptions ever changing. It reflects self-judgement and the inevitability of returning to the original state from which one begins.

The work utilises the simple line drawing of Japanese woodblock prints, juxtaposed with patterns and colours which have been printed directly from fabrics. The emphasis on pattern represents the feminine desire to decorate oneself and signifies constant shifts and changes of identity.

The work questions the pressures placed on women by society and the lengths women go to on a daily basis in pursuit of unachievable perfection.