The contemporary artwork of Kirstin Carlin is being showcased alongside that of Frances Hodgkins at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Carlin tells Rebecca Fox what it feels like to have her work alongside that of one of New Zealand’s most influential painters.
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Carlin’s work will be shown alongside that of the Dunedin-born painter in Dunedin Public Art Gallery during the next few months.
"It is an interesting idea to show contemporary painting alongside paintings made 80 years ago.
"It’s a great way to activate a space."
Carlin, who completed her master of fine arts degree at Glasgow School of Art in 2010 and is a former member of Glasgow artist-run project Victor and Hester, specialises in small-format representational artwork featuring bright bursts of colour. She has exhibited works nationally and internationally in artist-run spaces, private galleries and public art institutions. Carlin, who also trained at Elam School of Fine Arts, was invited by the gallery to take part in the show. Gallery curator Lucy Hammonds said she had been watching Carlin’s practice develop since her return from Glasgow.
"I’m interested in the way in which she negotiates the space between her own work and its art-historical context. I also knew that Kirstin was interested in Frances Hodgkins, and thought this exhibition would be a good opportunity to see how she would respond to the opportunity to work directly with our collection of Hodgkins’ paintings."
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