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END OF DAYS
During the last two weeks of August 2014 April Phillips spent
time as part of the summer residency program at Arteles. This
was an opportunity for April to explore ideas related to her recent
fascination: The imminent ‘End of Days’.
Her recent visual interpretations are directly related to life, death,
growth, transition, connection & loss. These starting points are the
point of departure for this new body of work.
Working within a portable studio practice of two-dimensions
April experimented with water colour, paper surface treatments
and collage to form workable outcomes for her current ideas.
The end of human life as we know it is increasingly becoming a
doomed state we all face. Pregnancy for April has expanded
this reflection, whereby a sense of optimism and hope for life
is necessary to be a strong mother to be. There is a consolation
in that perhaps the human being will not survive but traces of
ourselves will be held tightly in the bounds of the natural world. A
world that will thrive in the absence of our extinction.
This dark theme has been approached with a light contrast of
optimism, humour and delight.