From 2nd May, Hang-Up Gallery is hosting Sirens, a romantically decorative exhibition from Hackney based artist Rosie Emerson. Sirens will showcase a stunning new body of work, which experimentally combines print, photography, collage and film to portray Emerson’s mysterious goddesses as ethereal yet beautiful creatures. Like Sirens, these femme fatales lure in the viewer, provoking questions and inviting you into their mythological world.
Rosie’s inspiration for the new collection derived from the historic technique of cyanotype printing, developed in the early 19th Century and used by engineers to reproduce notes and diagrams known as blue prints. Influenced by botanist Anna Atkins who brought this technique into photography, Rosie has adapted the cyanotype technique and given it a modern spin. The artist combines collage elements and found botanical objects with life size negatives to manipulate the female form and revise our perceptions of the contemporary model. Shooting her desired subjects inside her studio for the very first time, Rosie playfully uses ornate props, costumes and dramatic lighting to remodel her subjects into goddess-like, alluring creatures.
In the downstairs bunker, Hang-Up will be hosting an exclusive screening of White Knight, Rosie’s enticing new film shot on a Super 8 camera, whereby the relationship between the audience and model is subtly flipped, and the viewer becomes the subject.
Rosie has exhibited widely in the UK, as well as in Europe, LA, Dallas Singapore and Hong Kong. Her works have been deemed “Beautiful, highly original and certainly collectable” by Will Ramsey in The Sunday Times Style Magazine.
Sirens, an exhibition by Rosie Emerson 2nd May-8th June Hang-Up Gallery 56 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 7PB 020-3667 4552 Open Weds-Sun, 12–6pm or by appointment Admission: Free London Overground: Kingsland Dalston (15 mins) and Dalston Junction (10 mins). Rail: Rectory Road (5 mins). Bus 276, 149, 76, 67, 243. The nearest bus stop is Stoke Newington Police Station (1 min).