Elizabeth Kwant
Mediterranea
Opening 24th November 6:30 - 8:30pm
25th - 3rd December 12 - 4pm
open by appointment Monday - Thursday
Elizabeth Kwant's work touches on themes of identity, representation and migration. Begun in 2014,
“Mediterranea” was prompted by the onset of the European migrant crisis and harnesses appropriated
media images.
Kwant's bold and colourful screen prints playfully reinterpret the contemporary socio-political crisis. Figures
embody positions of victory, aspiration, resignation and defeat. Brightly coloured backgrounds are hand
painted using everyday household paint colours, chosen specifically for their idealised titles - “Utopia Beckons,
Fare Thee Well, No Boundaries, Adrift at Sea, California Dreaming, Sundown, Golden Rays, English Primrose…”
The resulting body of work creates paradoxes between the subject and their designated titles. Kwant speaks of
this tension as ‘opening up a space to question wider narratives and ultimately how identity is constructed.'
www.elizabethkwant.com
“Mediterranea” was prompted by the onset of the European migrant crisis and harnesses appropriated
media images.
Kwant's bold and colourful screen prints playfully reinterpret the contemporary socio-political crisis. Figures
embody positions of victory, aspiration, resignation and defeat. Brightly coloured backgrounds are hand
painted using everyday household paint colours, chosen specifically for their idealised titles - “Utopia Beckons,
Fare Thee Well, No Boundaries, Adrift at Sea, California Dreaming, Sundown, Golden Rays, English Primrose…”
The resulting body of work creates paradoxes between the subject and their designated titles. Kwant speaks of
this tension as ‘opening up a space to question wider narratives and ultimately how identity is constructed.'
www.elizabethkwant.com
