What Remains Painting

Tom Rowland, Director Karsten Schubert: ‘Drawn in by her painting, and after a truly justified recommendation from Alison Wilding, I was a guest at the studio of Sarah Kogan. Her paintings have a subtle vibrancy and internal resonance, and we talked about growing up in Camden – which she did. There were tiny hints of a misspent youth, but those formative and rebellious experiences can make you steady and focused in adulthood. She told me about Changing the Landscape – her touring installation that came to life from a collection of illustrated letters and postcards made by her great uncle, a mapmaker at the Battle of the Somme. His written descriptions and drawings are used as a starting point for the work. Combining this with her own imagery and research, archival photography ultimately reveals the landscape with which her great uncle was last known’.