Crossroads Exhibition

Candlestar is proud to present Crossroads, its fifth exhibition developed in partnership with the luxury five-star hotel Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill, the main hotel partner to Frieze Art Fair.

Launching on Thursday 3 March 2011 and exhibited in the lobby of the hotel, Crossroads, where six contemporary female artists converge, takes place at a time when the world will be preparing to celebrate the International Women’s Day Centenary on Tuesday 8 March 2011. The selected artists each bring a unique and precise working practice to the exhibition. Rana Begum fuses contemporary western methodology with an ethereal, otherworldly ideology commonly found in Islam and the arts. Kleio Gizeli sculpts intricate domestic scenes, drawing the viewer’s attention to the complexity of the setting, with a somewhat voyeuristic feel, whilst Lisa Holden integrates digital imagery with her vivid enigmatic paintings to convey a sense of aligned dual-reality. Martha Parsey paints female portraits with a defined sense of elegance; some of her portraits have contemporary cubic elements, contrasting her more traditionally painted characters. Susan Gunn’s work relies on texture, skilfully utilising a number of different materials to create tectonic contours on the surfaces of her pieces. Finally, Carol Robertson’s work is rooted in abstract conventions; there is a very precise and formulaic notion to her paintings coupled with an underlying ecstatic hinting at chance and coincidence.

The variety of works attests to the diversity of women practicing within the art world and the exceptionally unique works which are created.