Kate De La Motte
Through a focus on the physicality of material and process my works aim to find a way for materials to reflect the self-reflexive vulnerability of making and the presence of the artist in the work.
My practice is an investigation into the external manipulation and exploration of materials – through mark-making, gesture and physicality – and an internal examination of the changing emotional and physical states that occur through making work.
Narrative elements around this process are explored by recording and archiving images and videos of myself making work. This becomes source material I then use as evidence of different points in time of my process. However, seeing the representational elements of self-portraiture as unimportant to my practice, I experiment with fragmentation of the figure to reveal the more emotional aspects involved in the act of making.
Install shot of works from Fragile and Human body of work, 2020
Oil paint, acetate sheet, ink and fabric
Fragile and Human, 2020
Ink, conte and pastel on unprimed canvas
3500mm x 1700mm
Fragile and Human, 2020
Oil, ink, charcoal, conte and acrylic on calico
2700mm x 2000mm
Fragile and Human, 2020
Oil, ink, pastel, conte and acrylic on fabric
3000mm x 2500mm
Fragile and Human,, 2020
Charcoal and acrylic on unprimed canvas
2100mm x 2000mm
Fragile and Human 2020
Oil, ink, acrylic, conte and pastel on fabric
3000mm x 2500mm
