CHARLOTTE DENT

ARTIST STATEMENT

Looking series

My practice is concerned with challenging the act of looking upon women. I attempt to characterize this in my painting; to portray the viewer caught in the act of voyeurism. Colour is an important component for me and my work. I use blues and greens to transform the traditionally warm and homely connotations of a domestic space into an uncanny and sinister one. This divisive gesture is a provocative act, intended to implicate the viewer in a self-conscious way; to challenge the viewer’s preconceptions of what it means to gaze at a woman within a piece of art. I use intimate and confrontational imagery within my paintings as a way of taking back control over the perception and objectification of the female form.

EMAIL:

lottiemdent@gmail.com

INSTAGRAM:

charlottedent.art