Behind Closed Doors...
The Ordinary, The Mundane, The Overlooked!
The content of this work focuses on the documentation of a large family’s chaotic, yet typical life as seen through the lens of Carmen’s camera. Being part of the family herself, her intimate documentation of her most familiar environment seeks to create work which operates in the gap between life and art. Her photographs do not exist as isolated materials in aid of pre-painting research – they are rather a conjunctive part of an activity of capturing personal moments, as the paintings act as extended reflections on them. Carmen juxtaposes thickly layered paint and loosely washed areas creating semi-abstract paintings as different visual elements can be seen on her canvases. Her video and sound work are windows created by her, allowing the viewers to get a glimpse of what goes on – “behind closed doors”.
1 - caption for 1st image: Expressions , 50 x 70 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2020. (350 euro)
2 - caption for 2nd image: Cradle, 50 x 70 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2020. (300 euro)
3 - caption for 3rd image: Dazzling, 50 x 70 cm , Oil on Canvas, 2020. (400 euro)
4 - caption for 4th image: Washing Dishes, 120 x 120 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2020. (750 euro)
5 - caption for 5th image: Chaos, 70 x 100 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2020. (550 euro)
6 - caption for 6th image: Reunion, 70 x 100 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2020. (500 euro)
7 - caption for 7th image: The Entrance, 50 x 70 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2020. (250 euro)
8 - caption for 8th image: The Living-room, 30 x 30 cm, Oil on Canvas , 2020. (200 euro)
9 - caption for 9th image: 'Behind Closed Doors' outdoors exhibition, May, 2020.