Cathy Lomax
Cathy Lomax's work is rooted in the romance of popular culture, assimilating media fictions and mythologies of fame and juxtaposing them with personal identities, secrets, and the everyday, to create a seductive visual narrative. Photography, often the source of imagery, is reconfigured to create a wish-list of popular and obscure icons - particularly from English history and contemporary culture. Her work is often realised as groups of paintings, which may be combined with other elements to form fragmented stories that chart a curious contemporary longing for something unobtainable.
For Tainted Love Lomax is painting strips of beautiful men from Elvis to Robert Pattinson via Laurence Harvey, Marlon Brando and Gene Kelly. These images, culled from her extensive collection of film stills, are methodically organised according to the placement of the star's face and accompanied by a Beautiful Men zine.
Cathy Lomax studied at Central St Martins College of Art and lives and works in London. Her previous exhibitions include Face to Face, Galerie d'YS, Brussels; The Secret of England's Greatness, Hanger 7, Salzburg and The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2010, Jerwood Space, London and touring venues.
The sixteen most beautiful men (in profile) is a Transition Tranzine by Cathy Lomax. It's launch coincides with the opening of Tainted Love and can be found at Transition gallery and on line in the Tainted Love shop, here
Visit Cathy Lomax's website here
For Tainted Love Lomax is painting strips of beautiful men from Elvis to Robert Pattinson via Laurence Harvey, Marlon Brando and Gene Kelly. These images, culled from her extensive collection of film stills, are methodically organised according to the placement of the star's face and accompanied by a Beautiful Men zine.
Cathy Lomax studied at Central St Martins College of Art and lives and works in London. Her previous exhibitions include Face to Face, Galerie d'YS, Brussels; The Secret of England's Greatness, Hanger 7, Salzburg and The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2010, Jerwood Space, London and touring venues.
The sixteen most beautiful men (in profile) is a Transition Tranzine by Cathy Lomax. It's launch coincides with the opening of Tainted Love and can be found at Transition gallery and on line in the Tainted Love shop, here
Visit Cathy Lomax's website here
