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EventsLiminal Gallery x Brooke Benington
Katie Tomlinson
Fantasy Girls
Liminal Gallery and Brooke Benington present Fantasy Girls, a solo exhibition by Katie Tomlinson. The exhibition explores representations of femininity, blending mythological and art historical imagery with fantasy and science fiction.
Katie Tomlinson
Under the Surface, 2024
Oil and lipstick on canvas
50 x 60cm
19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.
Unique
£2,250 +VAT
Fantasy Girls are subversive, powerful, and unruly art monsters. The works examine the 'politics of refusal' by depicting disobedient creatures that reclaim the body and subvert traditional femininity.
The paintings juxtapose fantastical marine creatures, which are both beautiful and grotesque, alongside classical sirens and nymphs, symbols of both liberation and oppression. As a result, the works critique the oppressive and exploitative paradigm in which feminine beauty is controlled.
Tomlinson's paintings challenge passive voyeurism and explore how we interact with the painting. Influenced by Brechtian theatre, Tomlinson's paintings depict 'the familiar as strange', inviting viewers to critically engage with the narratives unfolding throughout her layered paintings. In the same way that aquariums trap and display marine creatures for passive observation, historical paintings often confine women to the canvas, rendering them as passive objects for the viewer's gaze. This metaphor extends to societal voyeurism, where women's bodies are constantly scrutinised and consumed.
By challenging this passive spectatorship and disrupting voyeuristic power dynamics, the paintings challenge our understanding of women in art and society.
Katie Tomlinson
Player 2 (Nymph by a Stream), 2024
Oil on panel
50 x 40cm
19 3/4 x 15 4/4 in.
Unique
£1,800 +VAT
Katie Tomlinson
Player 1 (Spring), 2024
Oil and panel
50 x 40cm
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Unique
£1,800 +VAT
Katie Tomlinson
Player 3 (The Great Bather), 2024
Oil and panel
50 x 40cm
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Unique
£1,800 +VAT
Katie Tomlinson
Player 5 (The Large Bather), 2024
Oil on panel
50 x 40cm
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Unique
£1,800 +VAT
Katie Tomlinson
Player 4 (Nymph), 2024
Oil on panel
50 x 40cm
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Unique
£1,800 +VAT
Katie Tomlinson
Smack, 2024
Oil and lipstick on panel
15 x 15 cm
5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.
Unique
£600 +VAT
Katie Tomlinson
Smooch, 2024
Oil and lipstick on panel
15 x 15 cm
5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.
Unique
£600 +VAT
Katie Tomlinson
Guardian of the Current, 2024
Oil and silver on canvas
100 x 95 cm
39 3/8 x 37 3/8 in.
Unique
£3,800 +VAT
Katie Tomlinson
Under the Surface, 2024
Oil and lipstick on canvas
50 x 60 cm
19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.
Unique
£2,250 +VAT