Bad Government (After Lorenzetti)

WINNER OF THE THREADNEEDLE PRIZE

Henrietta Simson, born 1971 in Crawley. Lives and works in London. Studied MA Painting at Slade School of Fine Art, UCL and currently studying there for a practice-related PhD.

Solo exhibitions include: No Guts, No Glory, Volta, New York, USA, 2010; Over the Frontier, Man & Eve, London, 2008; Lost Narratives, Slade Research Centre, UCL, London, 2008. Selected group exhibitions include: Changing Landscapes (BFAMI annual auction), Christie’s, London, 2010; John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2010; Shelf, Whitstable Biennale, Kent, 2010. Simson was awarded the Clare Winsten Memorial Award in 2007.

Simson selects early Renaissance depictions of space; landscapes that provided the setting for a scene or story. She changes the format and scale, and removes all narrative elements, freeing the spaces from their historical context and translating them into a contemporary framework.

Shortlisted 2011

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