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This artwork features a delicate, translucent oyster shell that serves as a canvas for a striking black-and-white portrait. The shell's iridescent hues create a mesmerizing contrast with the bold, graphic image within. The minimalist composition and the use of an unconventional medium suggest a contemporary artistic approach that challenges traditional notions of portraiture. The artist's intention may be to explore the juxtaposition of the natural and the artificial, or to comment on the fragility and impermanence of the human condition. ...
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Hoa Dung Clerget (b. 1985, France) lives and works in the UK. She holds a Masters in Painting from Royal College of Art and BA Hons in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins. Clerget’s practice is centred on the artisanal production of objects that take on a narrative dimension on the themes of the domestic and displacement. Her works affirm their materiality through gestures borrowed from everyday life, the ones of the women in her family and community.
Harlesden High Street was founded with the mission of facilitating access between experimental/outsider artists and the traditional gallery system. Working across several spaces in London, the gallery exhibits contemporary art by both local and international artists with a focus on exhibiting work by people of colour. In addition to its gallery programme, Harlesden High Street also hosts a cultural outreach programme with an aim to engage audiences in un-gentrified neighborhoods, through workshops, talks and artist initiatives. In 2023, the gallery also co-founded Minor Attractions, an inclusive micro-fair that gives access to both London and international galleries during Frieze week. ...