Amanda Rackowe

"A moment never lasts, it is here for us to take.
To hold, to let go.
To imprint, behind our eyes, to burn, into our souls.
To remember, for an instant. To forget, in another.
One moment. Here… And then… it’s gone."

Such is the immanent conceptualisation expressed in Amanda Rackowe’s work. Her exploration of the transient interchange of human existence at specific moments in time ushers us into an ambiance of semi-surreality, where her images slide between figuration and abstraction.

This sometimes inchoate ambiance reflects her concerns with the fragility of instant and space and their transient imbrication. Unconscious crossovers of lives and memories exist in scenes where the viewer is present, but rarely involved. This torpid and involuntary invasion, albeit a physical infringement, becomes fragmented. There is no insight, no new révélation, into the ego or inner consciousness of one or the other.

Working in multiple layers of paint, using washes and glazes, the artist builds a richness and depth of colour, purposefully encouraging the spontaneous marks and runs of paint that breathe life into her work, echoing the determined and the haphazard possibilities of life’s (in)exhaustable journey.

Her palette is dominated by an u...

Art Foundation, North Oxon School of Art, UK
(1982-3)
HND Theatre Production and Design, Croydon College, UK
(1983-6)

2024:
-Galerie du Chateau, Ste Alvère,
- Salon des Artistes Français: Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris,
- Comparaisons: Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, France
- Solo exhibition: the Oléron collection,Île d'Oléron,
- Monflanquin Art Festival.
- Salon d'art Contemporain de la SBAP, Le Bugue,
- Salon des Arts Contemporain, Cholet,
- Beaux Arts du Périgord, Salon de Petits Formats, Perigueux
- Manzac Biennale.

2023
- Grand Formats de la SBAP, Périgueux
- "Les Hivernales" Salon, Sarlat
- Salon d'art Contemporain, Cholet
- "Sanilh'art" Notre Dame de Sanilhac,
- Art et Musique, L'église de Bossugan,
- Biennal de La SBAP,Périgueux
- Salon d'art Contemporain de la SBAP, Le Bugue
- Solo exhibition "Reflets d'Oléron", St Denis d'Oléron
- Exposition Cinespagnol: Périgueux
Exhibition SBAP Galerie Bim’Art, St Laurent sur Manoire

2022:
-Lire en Bastides: Festival Littéraire de Lalinde (Invited artist)
-Solo show: Galerie des Idées et des Arts, Périgueux
-Galerie Quai des Arts, Boyardville, Île d’Oléron
-Salon: Livre en fête à Champcevinel (Invited artist)
-Art au Cœur de Vignes: Pomport
-Exposition Cinespagnol: Périgueux
-Art 3f Nantes: Salon d’Art Contemporain, Nantes
Expo SBAP, Galerie Bim’Art, St Laurent sur Manoire

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