Henry Hudson: Painting with Sculpture: Reflections on the State of Nature

20 Jun-22 Jul 2023

Overview

Henry Hudson's second solo exhibition with Unit London unites three bodies of work centring on ideas of landscape: from jungle floors dense with vegetation to celestial horizons and, finally, to the murky waters of the river Thames. The exhibition takes its name from Hudson’s creative process, indicating the layered and impasto surfaces of his pieces. Behind each painting lies an almost alchemical process, which strikes a delicate balance between a traditional sculptural medium and the flat surface of a canvas.

Mapping out the connections between earth, air and water, Painting with Sculpture: Reflections on the State of Nature reflects on the spiritual and theological connotations of the elements.These ideas are then linked back to the artistic process, as Hudson considers the relationships between nature, art and our mental landscapes. These unpeopled landscapes reflect a singular focus on nature that comes from the removal of an individual sense of self.

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