Caroline Broadhead

"Art should happen in the Mind" - Marcel Duchamp-

This is the essence of Caroline Broadheads work. I find her work very interesting as the works are not so much about the dresses but about what they imply. Their translucent, ethereal-ness suggest human presence and the overlapping of the dresses adds a muddled depth which work well to represent her interpretation of the borderline between presence and absence. The dresses become almost like a delicate symbol of self and the presence it has on the space it inhabits but can also can been seen as a representation of self in the world around us.

Her works often include these fragile installations incorporating these delicate dress structures and their shadows, using light and space effectively and have a ghostly quality to them yet i personally think they have a very living/alive quality to them.

Breaking the borderline's between presence and absence, and self and the world is a particular interest of mine when it comes to expressing my own thoughts and emotions through my work. Like Caroline Broadhead i often stick to a pale/translucent pallet to try and enhance the fragile-ness of life in a very subtle yet captivating way, that becomes, because of this subtlety, strong in impact and an expression of self and identity.