Maggi Hambling
Born 1945 Sudbury Suffolk – Lives and works in Suffolk
Painter of portraits and abstract waves, Maggi Hambling revisits her success at the National Gallery, London and has a survey exhibition, War Requiem and Aftermath at Kings College. Hambling studied directly with Lett Haines and Cedric Morris who founded the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing (1960) and completed her education at Ipswich School of Fine Art (1969). Her reputation began as the first Artist-in-Residence at the National Gallery, London from 1980-81 during which time she painted a portrait series of the British comedian Max Wall which was then shown at the National Portrait Gallery. In the 80’s, she began producing land and waterscapes of Suffolk, capturing the power of nature and entropy. The most recent series of her waterscapes compose the exhibition Walls of Water at the National Gallery, marking the homecoming of her residency. The installation of the nine paintings on all four of the gallery walls allows the energetic paint to wash serenely over the visitor. Hambling began painting crashing waves while pondering he own mortality, interpreting her body as the eroding coast at the mercy of time and the indomitable forces of nature’s elements.
Throughout her career, Hambling has also considered human forces such as war. The survey exhibition of Hambling’s recent works at King’s College is a collection of painting, sculpture, installation and film from both War Requiem series, an exert from Benjamin Britain’s War Requiem (1962), a single work from Wall of Water and a new, collectively titled series of painted bronze sculptures, Aftermath. In collaboration with academics from King’s College specializing in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and facial reconstruction (common effects of war), Hambling participated in talks, and debates throughout the exhibition.
Born 1945 Sudbury Suffolk – Lives and works in Suffolk
Painter of portraits and abstract waves, Maggi Hambling revisits her success at the National Gallery, London and has a survey exhibition, War Requiem and Aftermath at Kings College. Hambling studied directly with Lett Haines and Cedric Morris who founded the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing (1960) and completed her education at Ipswich School of Fine Art (1969). Her reputation began as the first Artist-in-Residence at the National Gallery, London from 1980-81 during which time she painted a portrait series of the British comedian Max Wall which was then shown at the National Portrait Gallery. In the 80’s, she began producing land and waterscapes of Suffolk, capturing the power of nature and entropy. The most recent series of her waterscapes compose the exhibition Walls of Water at the National Gallery, marking the homecoming of her residency. The installation of the nine paintings on all four of the gallery walls allows the energetic paint to wash serenely over the visitor. Hambling began painting crashing waves while pondering he own mortality, interpreting her body as the eroding coast at the mercy of time and the indomitable forces of nature’s elements.
Throughout her career, Hambling has also considered human forces such as war. The survey exhibition of Hambling’s recent works at King’s College is a collection of painting, sculpture, installation and film from both War Requiem series, an exert from Benjamin Britain’s War Requiem (1962), a single work from Wall of Water and a new, collectively titled series of painted bronze sculptures, Aftermath. In collaboration with academics from King’s College specializing in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and facial reconstruction (common effects of war), Hambling participated in talks, and debates throughout the exhibition.