Marina Collard 

Marina Collard is a British/Italian artist based in London. 

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​“I enjoy exploring the amorphous potentials within an atmospheric pictorial space, where a figure might emerge from, or be subsumed by, its surroundings. I like the tension between precision and accident: botanical forms slipping into abstraction, the deliberate giving way to the unforeseen. Half-formed figures and scenic elisions evoke an instinctive logic – one which remains threaded through with enigma and glitch.”

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My work emerges from observations of public and private spaces. I’m drawn to things that seem inconsequential; the  details in the ordinary which occur on the side-lines and are often overlooked. I don’t make grand gestures; the element of disruption is a gentle undermining of status and importance. Adding the absurd into the mix of dignity and elegance to disorient and reconfigure the environment. Going against the grain – never getting things quite right – but committing all the same in the best way possible, and with the utmost conviction.

I work across painting, performance and video and have presented work in gallery, theatre and outdoor settings internationally since 1996.

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