The figure is central to the work of Laura Lancaster, its presence intensified by the opposing entropic force of abstraction which perpetually subsumes and engulfs the protagonist. Images that are of their era - located in time through incidental clues such as clothing, pose, and contingent detail - are monumentalised by Lancaster through painting.
Laura Lancaster (b.1979, Hartlepool, UK) lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Laura Lancaster on 'My Echo, My Shadow' at NGCA
Laura Lancaster discusses her new body of work for her solo institutional exhibition My Echo, My Shadow at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art. Filmed in her studio in Newcastle upon Tyne.
My Echo, My Shadow is the largest solo show to date of British painter Laura Lancaster. Presenting new paintings made over the last few years My Echo, My Shadow delves into the current practice of one of the North East’s most celebrated and accomplished painters.
My Echo, My Shadow
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
Sunderland, UK
16 March – 30 June 2024
