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Berlin-based artist Helene Appel creates images that straddle the threshold between realism, sculpture, and abstraction. Appel paints ordinary materials from everyday life, working in a 1:1 scale. Appel’s work highlights the sometimes-overlooked beauty of ordinary objects such as the bark of a tree, sand on a seashore, an envelope, the headlight of a car, and a loose fold of fabric. Appel’s closely-observed paintings even explore the aesthetic qualities of discarded vegetable peelings ready to be thrown onto the compost pile, or a kitchen sink full to the brim of murky washing up water. The materials Appel uses, such as oil, watercolour or encaustic, start to resemble the object itself, giving her paintings a physical and three-dimensional presence. This exhibition features key works from Appel’s career alongside a selection of new paintings. It is also an opportunity to see two works by Appel which were recently acquired for the Williamson’s collection: ‘Sand’ and ‘Dishwater’. Events Exhibition tours with curator Niall Hodson will take place on: Thursday 5th October, 12:30pm Friday 8th December, 10:30am Friday 19th January, 6pm Booking details coming soon.

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Suitable for
Any age
Admission
Free
Type

Exhibition (temporary), Guided tour, Lecture, talk or reading

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Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH43 4UE England

williamsonartgallery@wirral.gov.uk

0151 6663537

http://williamsonartgallery.org

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