Regina Noakes Indian Summer

22 May - 07 Jun 2009

About This Exhibition
Indian Summers ... a relaxed time for reverie and reflection. In this collection Regina Noakes draws on memories and myths as she draws inspiration from immediate surroundings and objects in her studio and home - even previous paintings are consulted, as well as her travels and Indian/European heritage.
The Rajasthani and Romanesque influences play a big part in Regina's work - for example ‘Two Old Friends’ in this collection is reminiscent of the frescoes in her bedroom in Capri, where she completed her early training as an artist.

Also in this exhibition are some images, many based in one way or another on the two books “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass”.

Carroll’s Alice has been a perennial muse for many painters and writers. For Noakes it began with the “Fall down the Rabbit Hole” and then “Through the Looking-Glass”. She has borrowed Carroll’s story elements involving nostalgia, a love of childhood vision and the use of parody or satire. Of course, Alice is always at the centre of the story encountering fools, mystics, and perhaps some of her own demons.

Regina says "I do not attempt to dramatize the stories and often find myself recreating episodes and characters in my own visual language. The unreality of the tales has a wild familiarity. We have all had encounters with the absurd. The dreamlike shifts of place and time find Alice in situations where she seeks enlightenment. The journey takes the young girl into curiouser and curiouser encounters within the dream from which she ultimately awakes. There have been many analyses of the stories and of Carroll, and I have avoided all of them. Do not decipher the images: just experience them. That’s what they’re for."

The images shown on the website comprise part of the forthcoming exhibition.
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Exhibition Date: 22 May - 07 Jun 2009