artist- Nerys Mathias
Nerys Mathias is an artist who works with a male muse. The photographs lift a lantern on her domestic world; her subject matter: the everyday complexities within a heterosexual relationship. The gaze slips between lover, friend and vulnerable other. The images expose the problems of intimacy: is there romance after marriage? The viewer is confronted with the moment where desire meets embarrassment, shame and awkwardness. Man is seen as vulnerable, sexual and animal. Her images reveal and question the physical and psychological distance between the artist and the subject, image and viewer. The photographs are glossy, acrylic mounted, seductive yet difficult to look at without seeing one's own reflection: a reminder of the distance between the viewer and the viewed, emphasising the difficulty of looking.
The contradicting emotions of ageing have entered the artist's practice. The joys of finding a partner bring the anxiety of loss and death. The empowerment of gained knowledge and understanding of the self, conflicts with the irritations of the maturing body. The resulting images of exquisite, dying flowers, hand gestures and darkness invite the viewer to be consumed with western culture's complex response to age.
Nerys Mathias was born in Wales and lives in London. Currently received Professional Doctorate in Fine Art at UEL, Nerys has exhibited within the UK and internationally.
Nerys Mathias
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The contradicting emotions of ageing have entered the artist's practice. The joys of finding a partner bring the anxiety of loss and death. The empowerment of gained knowledge and understanding of the self, conflicts with the irritations of the maturing body. The resulting images of exquisite, dying flowers, hand gestures and darkness invite the viewer to be consumed with western culture's complex response to age.
Nerys Mathias was born in Wales and lives in London. Currently received Professional Doctorate in Fine Art at UEL, Nerys has exhibited within the UK and internationally.
Nerys Mathias
[email protected]
http://www.nerysmathias.com/index.html#./images/1.jpg