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Victoria Miro is pleased to announce that the gallery now represents renowned British painter Celia Paul and is delighted to present her first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Paul's paintings have an otherworldly, haunting quality. She makes intimate depictions of people and places she knows well. She has made no commissioned portraits; her portrayals of people exclusively feature close family members and friends. From 1977-2007 Paul worked on a series of paintings of her mother, and since then she has concentrated on her four sisters, especially her sister Kate, as well as a number of portraits of close friends. She has also produced a large number of evocative self-portraits over the course of her career. As art critic Laura Cumming has described, 'Paul's paintings aren't so much portraits as poems based on an intensely empathetic observation.
In addition to her portraits, Paul has made detailed studies of landscapes and interiors, again focussing on the environment she knows best. She has made numerous studies of her studio, and has also painted the central London landmarks visible from its windows, including the British Museum and the BT Tower (previously known as the Post Office Tower). The intimate scale of these works can be seen as a witty and deliberately feminine response to these iconic buildings.
Selected Images
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St George's Bloomsbury, Early Morning, 2013
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Waves Breaking on Lee Abbey Beach, 2014
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British Museum Through My Window, 2013
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Annela 3, 2013
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Kate by the Window, 2013
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Self-Portrait, October, 2013
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Self-Portrait in a Narrow Mirror, 2013-2014
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Kate in White, 2014
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Plane Tree, Great Russell Street, 2013
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Post-Office Tower, 2013
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Plane Tree Shadow on my Wall, 2013
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Self-Portrait, June, 2013
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Self-Portrait, August, 2013
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British Museum and Plane Tree, 2013
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Steve Seated, 2014
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Approaching the British Museum, 2009-10
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View From Lee Abbey, 2014
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Kate in Blue, 2013
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Room, 2013