Jo De Pear & Jane Dillon: Recent Work
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Jo’s work examines the notions of memory and loss. Through the collected detritus of inheritance, her prints are evokative of a bygone era. A topographical homage to hoarding. Her images evolve through a combination of monoprinting, silkscreen, etching and drawing. With subtle layering of the impressions left by old lace and doilies, often obscured through ethereal veils of colour, she builds her imaginary landscapes.
Dillon’s work uses a combination of techniques including screen-print, mono-print, collagraph and etching to explore ideas of volume, light and movement on the printed surface. She takes inspiration from the light and rock formations of the Cornish coast and imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as returning to the work of Frank Stella, Larry Poons and Gillian Ayres and the Eames’ film Powers of Ten.
Biographies
Jo De Pear is a professional printmaker. She studied for her BA in Edinburgh and MA in Printmaking at Chelsea. She has exhibited widely at home and abroad and in 2011 won an International Design Award for artworks she was commissioned to produce for a hotel in Antwerp. Earlier this year her work was acquired by The British Museum for their print collection.
Jane Dillon is an artist currently concentrating on printmaking. For forty years she ran an international design studio and taught at the Royal College of Art. In 2009 she retired from design and the V&A Museum acquired her studio archives. In 2011 she had her first solo show in London. Her design work is currently on display at the Royal College of Art 175th Anniversary exhibition. Jane Dillon is a self-representing artist affiliated to Artichoke Print Studio. She lives and works in London.