Sophie Ploeg Together With The Lace Trail - Bp Locomote Observe Exhibition At The National Portrait Gallery
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Sophie Ploeg's BP Travel Award exhibition 'The Lace Trail" tin give the axe currently live seen at the National Portrait Gallery inwards London - until 21 September 2014. It thence tours to Sunderland together with Edinburgh inwards 2014-15.
The exhibition follows on from Sophie winning the BP Travel Award inwards 2013. Her exhibition is about Fabric together with Lace inwards Early 17th Century Portraiture - An Interpretation inwards Paint. To my heed it's a fleck of a masterclass inwards how to portray complex fabrics inwards portraits - inwards the past times together with the acquaint - every bit good every bit an academic practise inwards agreement something nigh the fine art history of the portrayal of lace together with how paintings from the past times tin give the axe inspire those of today.
What follows is:
As my video interview with Sophie makes clear, winning the BP Travel Award does non truly give you lot a twelvemonth to deliver a project.
The paintings all ask to live completed together with laid upwards to manus inwards good earlier the opening of the exhibition.
So a skillful bargain of training together with planning together with beingness really organised helps enormously when it comes to producing a character exhibition - inwards only 8 months! It's really evident that Sophie was really organised together with got all the trips, piece of occupation together with the paintings finished on fourth dimension - at the same fourth dimension every bit beingness a married adult woman together with woman nurture of ii immature sons! This was a adult woman on a mission!
The Lace Trail exhibition forms run of the BP Portrait Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery - if you lot go to 1 you lot volition come across the other. Sophie's exhibition is close the door together with is the department hung on grayness walls.
Sophie Ploeg was born together with bred inwards the Netherlands. She came to the Great Britain inwards 2000 together with at nowadays lives inwards the West Country with her hubby together with ii sons. She's a practising professional person portrait creative individual working inwards oils together with pastels (who also paints all the same life - really ofttimes of fabrics) together with undertakes portrait together with garment commissions. Her piece of occupation has been exhibited inwards the annual exhibitions of a pose out of national together with major regional fine art societies - including the Royal Society of Portrait Painters together with the Pastel Society.
Note: Having seen a lot of Sophie's piece of occupation inwards prestigious exhibitions inwards recent years I'd highly recommend her for anybody who wants a permanent painted tape of a exceptional cloth or clothing. She's definitely 1 of the best I know at portraying stuff together with fabrics - which tin give the axe live thence of import to the completion of a portrait or sometimes fifty-fifty live a tape of a individual or trial inwards their ain right.
She studied fine art together with architectural history (MA, Ph.D) at Dutch universities. Consequently she came to her projection really good versed inwards the fine art of inquiry related to her interests!
Her winning proposal outlined a projection to explore how fashion together with lace was represented inwards 17th century art, every bit good every bit inwards modern applications.
The projection has involved a lot of piece of occupation too painting! In pursuing her projection she has:
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of data nigh the projection is also available on a sub-domain of her website - http://www.lacetrail.sophieploeg.com. For illustration you lot can:
What I flora really pleasing is that all of her portraits were of women. Sophie's portraits also render a contemporary twist on the early on 17th century portraiture she studied inwards museums across the Great Britain together with the Netherlands. I flora myself guessing which portrait paintings had inspired her!
Another layer to the portraits completed are the portraits which inspired Sophie's portraits.
The models were told to have on what they liked together with thence Sophie added an original slice of antique lace - acting every bit a remnant together with echo of the past. She took every bit inspiration 1 or to a greater extent than of the paintings she had identified during her research.
The iv paintings are:
Three to a greater extent than paintings are inwards the exhibition. These are:
After the exhibition finishes inwards London it volition thence tour to
The Book 'The Lace Trail contains details of Sophie's findings about
You tin give the axe buy a signed re-create of the mass immediately from Sophie
Alternatively you lot tin give the axe order her mass and/or prints of the portraits from the National Portrait Gallery online shop or purchase them inwards the shops inside the Gallery.
If you'd similar to follow Sophie hither are the links to her website together with diverse social media sites:
The BP Travel Award 2013 was judged by:
See also my previous BP Travel Award posts on this blog
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| Sophie Ploeg with run of The Lace Trail the exhibition for the BP Travel Award 2013 at the National Portrait Gallery - 26 June - 21 September 2014 |
The exhibition follows on from Sophie winning the BP Travel Award inwards 2013. Her exhibition is about Fabric together with Lace inwards Early 17th Century Portraiture - An Interpretation inwards Paint. To my heed it's a fleck of a masterclass inwards how to portray complex fabrics inwards portraits - inwards the past times together with the acquaint - every bit good every bit an academic practise inwards agreement something nigh the fine art history of the portrayal of lace together with how paintings from the past times tin give the axe inspire those of today.
What follows is:
- a video interview with Sophie Ploeg
- photographs of Sophie together with her models - with their portraits
- photographs of the exhibition
- a review of her mass - produced every bit a result of her project.
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| Sophie Ploeg inwards front end of She Becomes Her (2013) crude oil on linen, 1010 x 660mm |
The Lace Trail
As my video interview with Sophie makes clear, winning the BP Travel Award does non truly give you lot a twelvemonth to deliver a project.
The paintings all ask to live completed together with laid upwards to manus inwards good earlier the opening of the exhibition.
So a skillful bargain of training together with planning together with beingness really organised helps enormously when it comes to producing a character exhibition - inwards only 8 months! It's really evident that Sophie was really organised together with got all the trips, piece of occupation together with the paintings finished on fourth dimension - at the same fourth dimension every bit beingness a married adult woman together with woman nurture of ii immature sons! This was a adult woman on a mission!
The exhibition
The Lace Trail exhibition forms run of the BP Portrait Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery - if you lot go to 1 you lot volition come across the other. Sophie's exhibition is close the door together with is the department hung on grayness walls.
Background to the "The Lace Trail" - some facts
Sophie Ploeg was born together with bred inwards the Netherlands. She came to the Great Britain inwards 2000 together with at nowadays lives inwards the West Country with her hubby together with ii sons. She's a practising professional person portrait creative individual working inwards oils together with pastels (who also paints all the same life - really ofttimes of fabrics) together with undertakes portrait together with garment commissions. Her piece of occupation has been exhibited inwards the annual exhibitions of a pose out of national together with major regional fine art societies - including the Royal Society of Portrait Painters together with the Pastel Society.
Note: Having seen a lot of Sophie's piece of occupation inwards prestigious exhibitions inwards recent years I'd highly recommend her for anybody who wants a permanent painted tape of a exceptional cloth or clothing. She's definitely 1 of the best I know at portraying stuff together with fabrics - which tin give the axe live thence of import to the completion of a portrait or sometimes fifty-fifty live a tape of a individual or trial inwards their ain right.
She studied fine art together with architectural history (MA, Ph.D) at Dutch universities. Consequently she came to her projection really good versed inwards the fine art of inquiry related to her interests!
Her winning proposal outlined a projection to explore how fashion together with lace was represented inwards 17th century art, every bit good every bit inwards modern applications.
The projection has involved a lot of piece of occupation too painting! In pursuing her projection she has:
- visited famous lace-making centres such every bit Bruges inwards Kingdom of Belgium together with Honiton inwards Devon
- met modern lace makers together with artists,
- viewed antique lace collections in Bruges, Honiton, Bath together with Gloucestershire
- visited 17th century fine art collections including, alongside others:
- the National Portrait Gallery, The National Gallery, the Tate Gallery inwards England, and
- the Rijksmuseum together with the Frans Hals Museum inwards The Netherlands
- spent 8 months reading around the dependent area together with project a meaning amount of inquiry nigh fine art history together with the history of lace.
- produced 10 paintings inwards total every bit a result of her projection - of which 7 are on display inwards the exhibition.
- written a mass - The Lace Trail
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of data nigh the projection is also available on a sub-domain of her website - http://www.lacetrail.sophieploeg.com. For illustration you lot can:
- read nigh her opportunity inwards lace on her weblog together with her website (see research 1 together with research 2)
- see A Year inwards Pictures - a slideshow of photos taken during the class of her travels together with work
Video interview with Sophie Ploeg
I interviewed Sophie prior to the opening of the exhibition to Blue Planet together with she provided a fantabulous concern human relationship of what it's similar winning the observe together with the piece of occupation involved to deliver the exhibition - together with a mass to accompany it.The Four Ages of Women
What I flora really pleasing is that all of her portraits were of women. Sophie's portraits also render a contemporary twist on the early on 17th century portraiture she studied inwards museums across the Great Britain together with the Netherlands. I flora myself guessing which portrait paintings had inspired her!
Sophie together with her models
Another layer to the portraits completed are the portraits which inspired Sophie's portraits.
I wanted to observe these women (in the 17th century paintings) together with the lace inwards my portraits. Although the sitters were ofttimes rich together with famous they were all the same only women, similar me together with mayhap you, with their ain feelings together with taste. Their beautiful portraits inspired me to create portraits of women today: 21st century women. I own got created four portraits that each represents a stage inwards our life, iv generations of women. he women are non related inwards whatever way, except they portion many things with us together with the women of 400 years ago.Below you lot tin give the axe come across Sophie's portrait ikon together with her models for her series The Four Ages of Women.
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| The Four Ages of Woman - a serial of iv paintings oil on linen, 50 x 60cm This serial portrays modern 21st century women at diverse stages of their lives Their portraits portray them wearing an authentic slice of early on 17th century lace, every bit ofttimes seen inwards 17th century portraits. (top left) The Lacemaker (Top right) A Fine Thread (Bottom left) Repeating Patterns (bottom right) The Pearl Necklace |
The models were told to have on what they liked together with thence Sophie added an original slice of antique lace - acting every bit a remnant together with echo of the past. She took every bit inspiration 1 or to a greater extent than of the paintings she had identified during her research.
The iv paintings are:
- The Lacemaker - a nine twelvemonth former daughter - the historic menstruation at which girls were already lacemakers inwards early on 17th century. Inspired by Portrait of a Girl Dressed inwards Blue, Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, 1641
- A Fine Thread - a immature adult woman wears a strip of Dutch or Flemish bobbin lace c. 1640. The portrait was inspired by Portrait of Maria van Strijp, Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, 1652 in the Rijksmuseum.
- Repeating Patterns - inspired past times lace collars ofttimes seen inwards early on 17th century portraiture.
- The Pearl Necklace - The model wears a (modern) neckband edged with a really fine authentic Italian bobbin lace from around 1620. It was inspired past times a portrait of past times Catherine Killigrew, Lady Jermyn by Marcus Gheeraerts, (c.1561-1635)
Other paintings
Three to a greater extent than paintings are inwards the exhibition. These are:
- Pleating Time - I intend this is 1 of my favourites, Sophie had to larn how to gain a ruff to pigment this self-portrait
- She Becomes Her - Another favourite - partly because of the aspect upwards but also because of the spectacularly skillful ikon of the fabric
- The Handkerchief Girl - this is a play on the recurring motif of a handkerchief inwards 17th century portraits
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| Pleating Time past times Sophie Ploeg (2013) crude oil on linen, 400 x 600mm |
The Tour
After the exhibition finishes inwards London it volition thence tour to
- Sunderland Museum together with Winter Gardens - 4 Oct – xvi Nov 2014 - twmuseums.org.uk
- The Scottish National Portrait Gallery - 28 Nov – 12 Apr 2015 - nationalgalleries.org
Prints together with Book
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| Cover of 'The Lace Trail' book |
- early 17th century portraiture inwards England together with The Netherlands,
- the history of early on lace,
- styles of ikon lace
- the background storey to her paintings and
- a catalogue department with all 10 paintings.
You tin give the axe buy a signed re-create of the mass immediately from Sophie
Alternatively you lot tin give the axe order her mass and/or prints of the portraits from the National Portrait Gallery online shop or purchase them inwards the shops inside the Gallery.
Follow Sophie Ploeg
If you'd similar to follow Sophie hither are the links to her website together with diverse social media sites:
More nigh the BP Travel Award
The BP Travel Award 2013 was judged by:
- Sarah Howgate, Contemporary Curator, National Portrait Gallery,
- Liz Rideal, Art Resource Developer, National Portrait Gallery, and
- Des Violaris, Director, Great Britain Arts together with Culture, BP.
See also my previous BP Travel Award posts on this blog
- 2012 - Carl Randall wins BP Travel Award 2012 [UPDATE: and Carl Randall's Nippon - the best BP Travel Award Exhibition ever! ]
- 2011 - BP Travel Award 2011: Jo Fraser travels to Peru
- 2010 - BP Travel Awards: 2010 (Paul Beel) together with 2011 (Jo Fraser)
- 2009 - BP Travel Award - 2009 together with 2010
- 2008 - Exhibition Review: BP Travel Award 2008 - Emmanouil Bitsakis
- 2007 - BP Travel Award: Gareth Reid together with the Finnish wintertime bathers
- 2006 - View the BP Portrait Award 2007 together with BP Travel Award 2006 exhibitions
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