Tower and Town, December 2017 (view the full edition)Arts ReviewInterior Lives, by Victoria Jinivizian, 9th November - 2nd December at The White Horse Gallery. Interior Lives by Victoria Jinivizian is the latest portfolio of work to be exhibited in The White Horse Gallery. This new collection by artist and regular White Horse tutor, Victoria Jinivizian, is simply sublime. Her subject - interiors - holds great personal significance and influence. She prepares traditional gesso panels, and works in oils after making many drawings. However, not all of Victoria's works on show here are in oil. Indeed, the exhibition shows an array of mediums and styles, whether it's a pencil or biro drawing, soft pastel and watercolour, or an etching. Conscious of abstract composition and shape, the artist continues to ensure that the crucial elements of each piece, atmosphere, experience and emotion, are maintained by using various colour palettes. In each drawing of a different room, Victoria sensitively creates home, familiarity, comfort and reassurance. These are all powerfully conveyed by the attention to detail, whether it be through colour, or the artist's perspective. Interior spaces are, as she says, "containers for people's lives and the history they have witnessed". Although enclosed spaces are solid and fixed, their shape and feeling can change according to time, light, people, experiences, and the objects within them. An exquisitely executed collection of work. Looking Ahead: the last exhibition of 2017 will be work from students at St Mary's, Calne. Keep an eye out on The White Horse Bookshop website for dates and more information: http://www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk. Gabriella Venus |
