Helena Pritchard's "Untitled Mesh Construct #1" showcases a textured textile surface dominated by earthy tones, intersected by horizontal and vertical elements that create a minimalist, structured composition. The work presents an abstract form, lacking specific symbols but suggesting a meditative landscape or architectural motif. Pritchard's style blends aspects of painting and sculpture, focusing on materiality and subtle shifts in texture and color. This piece embodies her commitment to ecological awareness and the transformation of discarded materials, drawing inspiration from medieval notions of nature's divine force. ...
HelenA Pritchard was born in South Africa and came to London to study, firstly for a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of East London and then for an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, where she was the recipient of the Stanley Spencer Scholarship. Pritchard’s varied artistic practice encompasses painting, sculpture and installation, centred around a concern with the ecological and the elevation through her work of discarded detritus and found materials. This is done via a formal language that often refers to her background as a painter. These processes connecting material and the organic relate back to the ideas of Hildergard von Bingen, the 12th century abbess, composer, theologian and medicinal herbalist, and her belief in the divine force of nature or ‘Viriditas’, the translation from Latin meaning green and truth. Helen lives and works between London and Shropshire, the duality between city and countryside offering a rich and broad landscape of materials and context. ...
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