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Radiant Rooms

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Colourful illustration depicting 16 characters dotted around a surreal courtyard and table. The characters eat, drink, paint, pick fruit and converse with one another.

Radiant Rooms

Date: 2020
Artist: Katerina Demetriou-Jones (British)
Dimensions:
The Oval Courtyard: 30 x 50.9cm
The Marquise Bathroom: 26.5 x 21.4cm
The Round Lobby: 22.9 x 12.8cm
The Dapper Pillow Suite: 21.3 x 17cm
The Teardrop Pear Beauty Parlour: 30 x 27.9cm
Medium: Giclée print on Hahnemühle paper
Object number: UAC 997
DescriptionKaterina studied BA Illustration and Visual Media at London College of Communication. Her artist's statement says that 'She draws, paints, cries and designs 3D things. Nurturing a love for new worlds that aren’t controlled by the patriarchy and phallogocentric thought, she creates illustrations where womxn live and do as they please. She believes in educating through illustration, particularly representation of all races and intersectional feminism. Her work is underpinned by ancient matriarchal societies, symbolism, her Cypriot heritage and female surrealist artists.

'Radiant Rooms' is a surreal multi-storey hotel representing the multidimensional nature of wxmen. A new world where gender binary constrictions don’t dictate people’s lives. The characters interact with various objects and symbols which allow them to create their own narratives. Is it emotional? Is it rational? This world, that has not yet been, thrives on ambiguity and welcomes androgyny, intersectionality, feminism and representation, ultimately demonstrating there is not one way to be a womxn.'