Sigrid Holmwood - Artwork - The Saatchi Gallery

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Sigrid Holmwood - 1857- Paintings, Annely Juda Fine Art By Martin Coomer

My eyes, what shade of nostalgia is this? It's rose-tinted revery passed through a particle accelerator is what it is. Before us are bucolic landscapes, besmocked yokels contentedly reaping and sowing, during a generic once-upon-a-time. Setting her imagery against fluorescent red, yellow and orange backgrounds, however, Sigrid Holmwood seems to argue against a traditional reading of her work as vociferously as if she'd dressed her figures in space suits.

What's interesting is that the argument seems to be with herself. Throughout the show, Holmwood oscillates between faithfullness to an idea of the past and acknowledgment that the history in question is far from fixed. Ignoring the migraine-inducing grounds, she's quite the pedant when it comes to material and method. Each picture comes with a list of ancient pigments and mediums - cochineal and madder, egg tempera and pine resin - adding authenticity to her imagery.

The question is; what age are we talking about? Some work are based on recent sketches made at Skansen, the Swedish 'living museum' that preserves the customs of a pre-industrialised society. Others are derived from studies of historical re-enactment groups, of which Holmwood is herself a member; researching sixteenth-century painting techniques while adopting the persona of a peasant. Trying to convince us of her sincerity while pointing out painting's ability to deceive, Holmwood at once mimes and vitiates realism. She also reminds us that truth is less important than the trip.

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