Katie van Scherpenberg: Overlooking the Amazon

1 October - 30 November 2021

Installation Views

Installation View
Katie van Scherpenberg : Overlooking the Amazon, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (1 October - 30 November 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Katie van Scherpenberg
b. 1940
Portal, 1999
Signed & dated on reverse
Bronze and copper oxidation, embroidered bed sheets on canvas
2 modules
109.5 x 192 cms
43 1/8 x 75 5/8 inches
Katie van Scherpenberg
b. 1940
Vista sobre o amazonas [Overlooking the amazon], 2010 - 2017
Signed & dated on reverse
Tempera, oil and collage on marine plywood
112 x 162 cms
44 1/8 x 63 3/4 inches
Katie van Scherpenberg
b. 1940
Landscape I, 2003
Signed & dated on reverse
Tempera and oil on canvas
51.5 x 72 cms
20 1/4 x 28 3/8 inches
Installation View
Katie van Scherpenberg : Overlooking the Amazon, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (1 October - 30 November 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Katie van Scherpenberg
b. 1940
Manchado [Stained], 2006
Signed & dated on reverse
Embroidered bed sheets and pigment on marine plywood
42 x 62 cms
16 27/50 x 24 41/100 inches
Katie van Scherpenberg
b. 1940
Untitled (from The Executives series), 1976
Signed & dated on reverse
Tempera and oil on canvas
98 x 143.5 cms
38 5/8 x 56 1/2 inches
Installation View
Katie van Scherpenberg : Overlooking the Amazon, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (1 October - 30 November 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Katie van Scherpenberg
b. 1940
Pai morto [Dead father], 1972
Signed bottom right
Tempera and oil on wood
22.5 x 28 cms
8 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches
Katie van Scherpenberg
b. 1940
Igarapé, 1968
Signed & dated on reverse
Oil on wood
23.5 x 16.5 cms
9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches
Installation View
Katie van Scherpenberg : Overlooking the Amazon, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (1 October - 30 November 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Katie van Scherpenberg
b. 1940
Tricky, 1987
Signed & dated on reverse
Pigment, sawdust, plaster and cloths brush on marine plywood
50 x 50 cms
19 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches

Overview

Cecilia Brunson Projects is delighted to present Overlooking the Amazon, the first exhibition of Katie van Scherpenberg in the UK.

Overlooking the Amazon brings together works from different periods of Katie van Scherpenberg's five decades career, including examples of some of her most renowned series: The Executives (1970s), landscape paintings (1980s), Mummy, I promise to be Happy (1990s), and Feuerbach (2000s). This exhibition is an introduction to van Scherpenberg's expansive practice that meditates on the role of geography, ancestry and memory across figuration, abstraction and performance.

A booklet with an essay by Kiki Mazzucchelli has been published for the exhibition. There will be copies available at the gallery or please download the online version below.

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