Freya Pitt, After Them: Scenes from a Rehearsal
After Them: Scenes from a Rehearsal
Taking elements from Old Masters Freya Pitt reconfigures scenes out of imagery that she grew up loving. They are endeavours to keep the past accountable for its complicated legacies. What does it mean to love the 'ideal' forms of Venus De Milo and The Vitruvian Man? Or the gleeful hedonism of Bosch’s apple jugglers (with an owl on their heads) or the melodrama of Carravagio?
In this latest body of work, Pitt explores the need to both make new stories and recognise the mires of our old ones. Through painting and video, stillness and movement, the artist rehearses her relationships with old imagery.
