<p>New <a href="https://www.instagram.com/TalkArt/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TalkArt</a> podcast! We meet artist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/AnneRothenstein/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AnneRothenstein</a> whose enigmatic paintings are frequently characterised by a dreamlike quality. Mysterious figures often populate her flattened landscapes and interiors.</p><br><p>The artist draws inspiration from found imagery, personal experience and memory, working instinctively to communicate atmosphere and psychological tension. Rothenstein’s scenes are rendered with sinuous lines and a distinctive palette built up of thin washes of oil. Often painting directly on wood panel, the artist allows grain to blend with figure and landscape.</p><br><p>Speaking of her artistic process, Rothenstein says, “My reasons, or intentions, when making a particular painting are quite mysterious to me. The spark is always lit from an existing image, a photograph or another painting, and I often don’t discover why that image leaped out at me or what it is I’m exploring until the work is finished. Sometimes I never find out. It is almost entirely intuitive. Finding a rhythm, searching for balance, alert to missteps, to what is happening, to changes of direction. I am telling myself a story much of the time and asking questions. Who is this, where is this place, what is going on? This is what I think of as the noise of a painting. And of course, what I am trying to reach is the silence … There is a wonderful Philip Guston quote: “if you’re really painting YOU walk out.” That is what I mean by reaching the silence.” </p><br><p>Rothenstein is self-taught and lives and works in London. Born in 1949, the daughter of the late Michael Rothenstein and Duffy Ayres, she grew up in a lively and distinguished community of artists in the Essex village of Great Bardfield. Following a foundation course at Camberwell School of Art in the mid-1960s, Rothenstein worked as an actress for over a decade before gradually returning to painting. </p><br><p>Rothenstein’s recent solo exhibitions include Charleston, Sussex (2024) and Stephen Friedman Gallery, New York (2024). Other solo shows include Stephen Friedman Gallery, London (2022) and Beaux Arts Gallery, London (2021). A two-person exhibition by Rothenstein and Irina Zatulovskaya took place at Pushkin House, London in 2018.</p><br><p>🔗 Follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/AnneRothenstein/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AnneRothenstein</a></p><br><p>🖼️ Visit <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/annerothenstein/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnneRothenstein</a>’s solo show which runs until 12th April 2025 at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/StephenFriedmanGallery/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@StephenFriedmanGallery</a>, 5-6 Cork Street, London.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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