Josephine kingartistwesternindian pots paintings

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The words I use enhance the moment of intensity. There is the poetry of words and the 'poetry of painting'. In painting Modern Woman, I am looking outside of myself rather than just looking within. Showing myself naked in both mind and body depicts how it feels for me to be going against the grain of society. As a woman painter, I have nothing to lose" Josephine King The Guardian Josephine King remembers her first self-portrait and how it showed up out of nowhere.

She was "really ill" with bipolar disorder, living alone in a flat in Amsterdam. I was desperate, not at all well in my head. I thought, the only thing to do is a painting. This was the painting that launched five years of obsessive self-portraiture, framed with texts spelling out what it is to be manic depressive. The Art-Daily. Org Josephine King has suffered from bipolar disorder her entire life.

The illness, which was not officially diagnosed until , has on occasions unbalanced her life to such a degree that she has attempted suicide. She grew up in the bohemia of late s north London and has subsequently spent prolonged periods in Amsterdam, Berlin, China, India, Moscow and in Portugal, where during her art studies she modelled for Paula Rego.

King studied at the prestigious Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and achieved early success for her ceramics, being the only professional artist-in-residence at Lisbon's renowned 'azulejos' museum of tiles CO in Lisbon Her second Riflemaker exhibition, upcoming in March, is entitled 'I told him I was an artist. He said "can you cook? Many people will identify with these images " Paula Rego " In painting Modern Woman, I am looking outside of myself rather than just looking within.

As a woman painter, I have nothing to lose " Josephine King Click to open press release. Click to download Josephine King exhibition book For press-use hi-res images pls contact Theresa Simon Communications: www. Josephine King b.