Caroline Achaintre

15 Jul-30 Oct 2016

Overview

Caroline Achaintre works across a diverse range of media that includes textiles, ceramics, woodcuts and watercolours, using techniques typically associated with the applied arts. Her sculptures, hand-tufted wool wall-hangings, drawings and paintings are colourful and potent, evoking the subversive spirit of European carnival and creating an atmosphere that is simultaneously playful and absurd. Citing German Expressionism, post-war British sculpture and Primitivism as influences, her work also makes reference to more contemporary sub-cultural strands of ci-fi, the Goth-metal scene, psychedelia and horror films. BALTIC’s major survey exhibition will explore the breadth of Achaintre’s practice, comprising a selection of work from the last decade together with new work made specially for the exhibition.