Waiting for you (Part five)

Sophie Ruigrok

Waiting for you (Part five), 202239 x 39cmSign in to view price
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Material
soft pastels on sanded paper
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork features an array of golden, glistening orbs set against a warm, earthy backdrop. The round shapes, ranging in size, create a sense of depth and movement, suggesting a fluid, organic composition. The use of vibrant hues and glossy textures evokes a sense of richness and opulence. The subject matter appears to be a study of forms, exploring the interplay of light, shadow, and materiality. Stylistically, the piece reflects a contemporary abstract approach, utilizing unconventional materials and techniques to convey a meditative, contemplative mood. This work invites the viewer to engage with the physicality of the medium and the ethereal quality of the forms, hinting at the artist's exploration of themes of transformation and the natural world. ...

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Sophie Ruigrok
Artist
Sophie Ruigrok
B.1992, British

Sophie Ruigrok (b. 1992, London) lives and works in London. Rich with archetypal symbolism, art historical reference, allusions to the artist’s personal life and rooted in Jungian psyschonalysis, Ruigrok’s practice explores how the spiritual and the everyday both reflect and rub up against each other. The constellation of images she offers for this exhibition interrogates the idea of the self; how identity is both concealed and revealed. The shape-shifting symbol of the mask recurs; in Waitin for you (part 5), it lays nestled in the palm of a hand, in Learnt Behaviours on a finger as a ring and in Relax your earth body amongst soft velvet. The tears that roll down the mask’s face are a recurring motif in Ruigrok’s work, symbolic for the exchange between the inner and outer world, where immaterial emotion becomes material. You may find yourself in a period of deep personal development and growth references a specific gesture signifying ‘I swear it’s true’, as well as taking this temporary loss of sight as a symbol for transformation - an ability to move from one mode of ‘seeing’ to another - and the turn to a more introspective mode. Ruigrok completed a postgraduate diploma in Drawing at the Royal Drawing School in 2019, and was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2020, exhibiting at the South London Gallery in 2021. Her first solo exhibition today I feel relevant and alive was held at The Sunday Painter (London, 2022). Recent exhibitions include It is Better to be Cats than be Loved, Tabula Rasa Gallery (London, 2022); Love is the Devil: Studies after Francis Bacon, Marlborough (London, 2022); A Grain of Sand, The Sunday Painter (London, 2021). Sophie has been awarded an artist’s residency in Borgo Pignano (Tuscany, Italy) in September 2022. ...

Sophie Ruigrok: Artworks
Waiting for you (Part five)
Sophie Ruigrok
Waiting for you (Part five), 2022
39 x 39cm
Learnt Behaviour
Sophie Ruigrok
Learnt Behaviour, 2022
57 x 37cm
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