DREAMSCAPES - Rosie Emerson

Aria to the Swan King

Dreamscapes

Emerson’s works offers the viewer glimpses into unseen worlds at many scales. Inspired by the opulent grottos of extravagant aristocrats, the flamboyant embodiment of microscopic life, the mysterious communication patterns of coral, and the secret drawers of ornate Victorian cabinets, Emerson uses her theatrical sensibility to create windows into hidden worlds.

Encompassing a whole range of traditional printmaking techniques, from monoprint, and photoetching, to cyanotype and screenprint, Emerson’s works are multi-layered and melded with organic materials and hand-finished flourishes. Embracing an unapologetically feminine aesthetic, her works shimmer and dance, adorned with flowers and embellished like a palace ballroom. In some works, ethereal figures take centre stage, and in others they drift off into the distance or disappear completely. It is as if Emerson has breathed life into her works, which in their organic beauty, become living ecosystems in their own right.

Exhibition text from Solo Exhibition ‘When other world Whisper’ with Smithson Gallery

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