BERARDO COLLECTION AQUISITION
The Banquet, 2024
I am pleased to announce that my work, The Banquet, has been acquired by the Berardo Collection, one of the most significant collections of modern and contemporary art in Europe. Founded by José Berardo, the collection features iconic works by artists such as Picasso, Miró, Mondrian, and Warhol, spanning major movements like Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop Art.
Banquet employs a unique physi-digital technique that integrates painting, photography, and printmaking to merge the reclining nude with Dutch still life imagery. This fusion highlights societal gender norms and the objectification of women by transforming the body into another object within the banquet, alongside meat, fruits, feathers, and mirrors.
Each item serves as a signifier: flowers, like lilies, blend sexual and funerary connotations; the apple hints at original sin; the peach, a modern symbol through emojis, adds a contemporary twist. Meat symbolizes mortality and objectification, while the rabbit, traditionally a signifier of hope, now appears foetal and skinned. Feathers suggest disturbance.
The body, posed in a classic pin-up stance with blood-red fingernails, blurs the lines between predator and prey. This symbolism resonates with the themes of life and death often found in Dutch still lifes, while also prompting reflection on society’s deep-seated anxieties and contradictions surrounding the female body.
MORGENPOST
The 2024 Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize
Finalists Exhibition | 27 November – 14 December 2024
Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes | Rua Barata Salgueiro 36, 1250-044 Lisboa
Nomination and selection for The Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize ; an annual art award for artists working in Portugal or of the Portuguese diaspora. The Prize celebrates the practice of some of the most significant contemporary artists working today, whilst raising funds for arts education programmes in Portugal.
The initial selection of artists is made through nominations by industry professionals. From this pool, 33 finalists are chosen by a distinguished jury comprised of leading figures in the art world. The jury includes Vicente Todolí, Artistic Director at Hangar Bicocca; Philippe Vergne, Director of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto; Maura Marvão, Head of Phillips in Portugal and Spain; Tim Marlow, Chief Executive and Director of the Design Museum; and David Elliott, an esteemed writer, curator, and museum director.
English translation of the article here:
Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf’s paintings have slightly reflective surfaces, a sheen that vanishes in the play of light. The effect created during the digital production process is more than just a beautiful illusion; it should be understood as a concept: these works are also about the people viewing them, with the gaze being their central theme. What does the gaze do to what it targets? Art history, with its countless depictions of nudes, mostly tells the story of the degradation of women into objects of male observation. The feminine was made compliant, forced into roles, often reduced to mere decoration – if its depiction didn’t already primarily cater to sexual consumption.
Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf’s paintings can be understood as a powerful objection to this tradition, as an attempt to break it. The artist’s body is visible – but never in full, it is itself reflected and fragmented, and the face almost always remains unseen. Fontaine-Wolf is simultaneously model, photographer, and director when these images are created – and in doing so, she deeply draws from the visual and iconographic history, referencing the Vanitas motifs of European still-life painting and its baroque abundance, while achieving excitingly contemporary results.
The works are currently on display under the title “Flesh & The Mirror” at Haus Kunst Mitte. At the same time, the exhibition “Monkey Mind” has been opened, showcasing 50 works by David Guderlach from the past four decades. Born in 1957 in Neu-Ulm, the artist, who in his life has been an actor, DJ, and therapist, places his multi-layered compositions in the tradition of American Pop Art – and with a bold gesture, he revives the New York of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Wild color explorations and elements of urban everyday life combine into a joyful dance on the fringes of a big city.
Haus Kunst Mitte, Heidestr. 54, Mitte. Open Wed-Sun, 12-6 p.m.
TAGESSPIEGEL - MUSEEN & GALERIEN
Scherben, Schnitte, Spiegelbilder Ein Akt der Selbstliebe
article by Ingolf Platz review of FLESH & THE MIRROR at Haus Kunst Mitte Berlin
September 2024
FLESH & THE MIRROR \ The Self-Image of Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf
I am excited to invite you to the opening of my first institutional solo exhibition at Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin, on September 20 at 7 PM. Supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Haus Kunst Mitte Freundeskreist and Verein der Kunst Stiftung. This exhibition marks a significant milestone in my career. It will have a soft launch during Berlin Art Week and will also be featured in the Kunstfestival: Ortstermin 24—making it the perfect time to visit Berlin this month!
BERLIN ART WEEK
Soft Opening | Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September | 3 - 6 PM
KUNSTFESTIVAL: ORTSTERMIN 24
GRAND OPENING | Friday 20th September | 7 - 10 PM
Haus Kunst Mitte | House for Contemporary Art | Heidestraße 54 | 10557 Berlin
MOVART PODCAST PROJECT
Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf | Artists Talk moderated by Carmen Bioque
The newest installment of Movart’s podcast series on Artist Talks has just been released! I had the wonderful opportunity to join as the guest this time around. We delved into discussions about my journey as an interdisciplinary artist and curator, exploring the themes of womanhood, flesh and blood, and the portrayal of self in our digital era. Additionally, we tackled the important topic of confronting the viewer to challenge patriarchal and gendered perspectives. It was truly an enriching conversation, and I'm grateful for the chance to share my insights and experiences.
Check it on Spotify by finding us as ‘Movart Podcast Project’ or through the button below
I'm thrilled to finally share that I'll be presenting my inaugural institutional exhibition, titled 'Woman, Flesh & the Mirror' in Berlin later this year which is an incredible milestone for me. I am honoured and excited to be entrusted with this opportunity. Over the next months, I'll be offering sneak peeks of the ongoing creations that will be featured in the show.
This venture is a very special experience for me, offering a chance to show brand new works alongside a mini retrospective of works from the last decade of my practice. Today marks the launch of a crowdfunding campaign which aims to raise funds to help me with the production costs of this show. You can contribute any amount you're able to and In gratitude for your support you'll receive one of a series of artwoks exclusively created for this exhibition.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/woman-flesh-and-the-mirror-institutional-show/x/36957780#/
CONFRONTING THE GAZE | MOVART
Exhibition Opening | Thursday 29th February | 18 - 20pm
Exhibition Dates | 29th Feburary – 20th April 2024
Rua João Penha RC 14A | 1250-131, Lisbon – Portugal
In ‘Confronting the gaze’, Alice Marcelino, Astrid González and Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf present an artistic practice that combines photography, intervened photography and video in order to take hold of a form of representation that makes use of the body to generate images that confront the spectator in order to reveal the perverse dynamics of the gaze and destabilise the hegemonic discourses of race and gender.
Em "Confronting the gaze" (“Confrontar o olhar”) Alice Marcelino, Astrid González e Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf apresentam uma prática artística que combina fotografia, fotografia intervencionada e vídeo para se apropriarem de uma forma de representação que recorre ao corpo para gerar imagens que confrontam o espetador de modo a revelar as dinâmicas perversas do olhar e a desestabilizar os discursos hegemónicos de raça e género.
Curatorial text by Carmen Bioque
lost girls | Flowers gallery
CURATORS TOUR | Tuesday 10th October 11-12AM
ART AFTER DARK | Thursday 12th October 6-9PM
Exhibition runs 10th - 14th October
Flowers Gallery, 21 Cork St, London W1S 3LZ
AI WEIWEI | CAROLINE COON | LINDER | MAGGI HAMBLING | MARIE HARNETT | NÁDIA DUVALL | OWANTO | PAM HOGG | PENNY SLINGER | PETER HOWSON | REBECCA FONTAINE-WOLF | ROXANA HALLS | TRACEY MOFFATT | TEWODROS HAGOS
I am pleased to share this latest exhibition wich I have curated with my collective InFems and guest curator and artist-in-residence NÁDIA DUVALL. Together we created and curated the fundraising exhibition LOST GIRLS for the charity War Child which provides urgent assistance to children world-wide affected by war.
LOST GIRLS explores themes of migration and predominantly features portable artworks that can fit into a suitcase, symbolising the belongings refugees carry as they are forced to uproot from their homes. Works range from £475 to £50,000.
I am showing several works as part of the exhiition which you can view via the artsy link below and also in the exhibition catalogue. Additional works for online fundraiser contributed by: Ben Uri Collection | Cho Hui-Chin | Kristian Evju | Sue Kennington | Tim Bret-Day
created and curated by InFems . ALL works available to purchase online via ARTSY now until 30th October
NATUREZA MORTA | CASA DELL’ARTE, LISBON
Exhibition Opening | Wedensday 18th January 2023 | 5-8pm
Exhibition Dates | 18th January - 31st March 2023
Casa Dell’Arte, Campo de Santa Clara 125, São Vicente, Lisboa
'Natureza Morta' is inspired by the classical tradition of the reclining nude, as well as dutch still life painting, and is part of my ongoing photography/photo-collage series using mirrors in which I use my own body to create a contemporary memento mori and explore the idea of the fragmented self.
Every item in these images is laden with symbolism both historical and contemporary. Some retain their original meanings, whilst others are turned on their head: The Custard Apple for example, refers to eve, original sin and the ‘dangers’ of female sexuality; the peach is a commonly used emoji in text conversations, and the rabbit, traditionally a symbol of fertility and hope is presented to us here skinned and foetus like placed next to the hips.
The series is created using phisi-digital techniques on both aluminium and satin.
BODIES IN TROUBLE! | InFems & Asyl der Kunststiftung at Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin
Exhibition Opening | Thursdsay 8th September 2022
Exhibition Dates | 9th September 2022 – 15th January 2023
Haus Kunst, Heidestraße 54, 10557 Berlin, Germany
In our present time, all bodies are in trouble both ideologically and physically. Human-made climate change, the predation of nature, war, famine, pandemics, natural disasters and technological change have imperilled us. The body is the primary site where social and political power is exercised. A surface onto which concepts of desire, gender, and race are inscribed.
Through film, painting, prints, and text, BODIES IN TROUBLE! explores fragmented visceral bodies that bleed and breathe and lure and repel; endangered bodies fleeing from dystopian worlds that must renegotiate their autonomy, escaping abuse and violence. There are inappropriate, transgressive bodies who refuse to behave and play nice. Performing bodies, reliving historical trauma in order to emerge hopeful for the future.
The exhibition’s ten artists – five InFems and five Berlin-based women artists – represent a variety of social groups, differing in age, class, cultural origin, ethnicity and sexual orientation. All treat the human body as a starting point for their artistic research, questioning sociocultural ideals around body normativity. The issues they address are urgent: regulations placed on female bodies (abortion debates, sex workers’ rights); racism and domestic violence (on the rise throughout Covid); social attitudes to menstruation and ageing. Still, they avoid despair. Orchestrating their own rescue, they map out opportunities for resilience, emancipation and empowerment.
Curated by Asyl der Kunst Stiftung curator, CEO and art historian Dr. Anna Havemann.
MAD ( Marvila Art District)
DOMINADO
In culture, film and art, sexuality tends to be represented through the view of the hetreosexual male gaze. ‘Dominado’ is a two person show between Thiago Gadelha and Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf which explores the theme from their respective culturally ‘non-dominant’ points of view.
In this exhibition the artists take control of their own narrative, as the protagonists of their own sexuality rather than being the objects of someone else's gaze.
Exhibition Opening | 2nd September | 5-8pm
Exhibition Dates | 2nd - 30th September 2022 | 14 - 19 hrs - Monday- Saturday
MAD - LIVE ART GALLERY & STUDIOS | Rua Fernando Palha 1 | 1950-131 Lisbon | Portugal
DOMINADO is a 2 person exhibition between Thiago Gadelha & Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf . In culture, film and art, sexuality tends to be represented through the view of the hetreosexual male gaze. ‘Dominado’ is a two person show between Thiago Gadelha and Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf which explores the theme from their respective culturally ‘non-dominant’ points of view. In this exhibition the artists take control of their own narrative, as the protagonists of their own sexuality rather than being the objects of someone else's gaze.
curated by Rui Guerreiro
5 NEEDLE 5 WIRE
Exhibition Opening | 5th August | 7-9pm | Panel Discussion | InFems, Invited Artists & Tamsin Hong, curator, TATE - 6pm
Thames-Side studios | Harrington Way | London SE18 5NR | United Kingdom
Exhibition Dates | 5th August – 21st August 2022 | 12 - 5pm - Thursday to Sunday
The exhibition features works across media by Infems, Adelaide Damoah | Wendy Elia | Roxana Halls | Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf | Marie-Anne Mancio |
and Guest Artists : Annie Attridge | Alannah Currie | Carmen and Luisa | Vicki DaSilva | Sarah Maple | Farrah Riley Gray | Fiona Robinson | Tina True | Julie Umerle | Jessica Voorsanger | Chloe Wing
curated by Wendy Elia and Roxana Halls
MAD ( Marvila Art District) at JUST LX
Openning Event | May 19th 2022
Exhibition Dates | 19th - 22nd May
Centro de Congressos de Lisboa | Praça das Indústrias 1, 1300-307 Lisboa, Portugal
MAD shows works at Just LX Art Fair in Lisbon by resident artists, Miguel A. Rodrigues, Alina de Oliveira , Gabriel Modica & Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf
InFems x Carolina Herrera NFT
Carolina Herrera partners with InFems in honor of International Women’s Day
In honor of International Women’s Day, the House of Herrera has joined forces with InFems (Intersectional Feminist Art Collective), to create the Nightclubbing NFT collection: Five works of art exploring themes of mythology, self-love, identity, and representation, by five trailblazing female artists, to be sold on the digital NFT platform, OpenSea.
All artworks were commissioned by Carolina Herrera to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022.
All proceeds go to charity to Fundación Ared
Originals and very first-of-their-kind (1/1).
All NFTs minted on Polygon, an eco-friendly Ethereum-compatible network.
The NFTs are available to purchase via OpenSea from March 8th to December 31st
Learn more about the artists and InFems collective here.
CAROLINA HERRERA X INFEMS
Infems Talk | March 8 2022
Exhibition Dates | 28th Feburary - 11th March
M&C Saatchi | Golden Square, London, Soho
As part of its ongoing mission to empower women, Carolina Herrera is proud to announce that it has partnered with INFEMS (Intersectional Feminist Art Collective) on a very special project. Commissioned in honor of International Women’s Day, the House reveals its very first NFT collection: ‘Nightclubbing’. Inspired by the brand’s icons, it showcases the five trailblazing female artists who founded INFEMS, and is set to be sold on the digital NFT platform Open Sea with all proceeds going to Fundación Ared. A physical exhibition will also be held at M&C Saatchi’s London headquarters from March 1st to March 11th.
CURATED BY GIRLS AT THIRDBASE
A Nova Feminilidade
Private View | March 8 2022
Exhibition Dates | 8th March - 29th March
Thirdbase | Calçada Dom Gastão nº5A —1900-194 Lisboa – Portugal
Curated by GIRLS is back IRL, and for the first time in PORTUGAL. We are thrilled to announce that the 4th edition of our ongoing group show “A Nova Feminilidade”, will open its doors on March 8, for International Women's Day, at Thirdbase in Lisbon, and willl run until March 29th 2022.
The exhibition will celebrate femininity in all its shapes and sizes through the works of 28 female-identifying artists + a special selection by the best dating app @pureapp.
officially part of the Saison France-Portugal 2022 +
With the kind support of @pureapp & Vogue Portugal
Special thanks to Womanizer @womanizerglobal1, ENFIN @enfinbiofr, Aparte @vinhosaparte & Kulturbüro Todorow.
Graphic design by Rina Barbarić
AESTHETICA MAGAZINE
A Hybrid Exhibition
lovely to see my work was mentioned in this article by aesthetia magazine about the discerning eye exhibition.
"Another selected photographer is Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf, who explores the “conflicted nature of our societal attitudes towards female sexuality.” Folds of Desire depicts fragmented figures holding broken mirrors up to the camera. As white fabric cascades across the frame, viewers might be reminded of classical painting, or, equally, work by Francesca Woodman, Dora Maar and Ana Mendieta "
ING 2021 / MALL GALLERIES
Discerning Eye
Private View Thursday 11th November 2021
Exhibition dates | 12th November - 21th November 2021
Mall Galleries | London | SW1
I am very pleased to invite you to this year's Discerning Eye exhibition at Mall Galleries where I will be showing some of my photographs as one of Adelaide Damoah's invited guest artists.
The 6 selectors for this year's Discerning Eye are :
Collectors - Roland Cowan & Tony Humphreys | Critics - Anna Brady & Russell Tovey & Louis Wise | Artists - Peter Brown PNEAC, RP, ROI, RBA, PS & Adelaide Damoah RWA FRSA
If you're planning on attending please remember to book your preferred time slot.Please remember to take a free lateral flow test before the event.
RSVP de@parkerharris.co.uk
LEICESTER CONTEMPORARY
No Reserve
Private View | Friday 15th October 2021
Exhibition Dates | 15th October - 5th November
Leicester Contemporary | 16 Market St | Leicester | LE1 6DP
Discussion event | Saturday 23rd October | 4.30 pm
Daily opening: Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm, FREE
InFems art collective presents it's first ever UK exhibition, ‘No Reserve’ at Leicester Contemporary. Taking its cue from the adrenalin-fuelled atmosphere of the gallery site’s former life as an auction house, No Reserve is about not holding back, about the limitless, the performative and the theatrical, about extravagant gestures and trickster behaviour. It showcases works across media including figurative paintings, film, workson paper, and sculpture.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS Adelaide Damoah Roxana Halls Wendy Elia Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf Macha Barnden Hatty Buchanan Mita Vaghela Lucy Cade
Exhibition Curated by Dr Marie-Anne Mancio & Roxana Halls
PADA GALLERIES
Biting Back and Enjoying the Tatse
Private View | Saturday 7th August | 2pm - 8pm
Exhibition Dates | 7th - 20th August
PADA Galleries | Rua 42 | Parque Empresarial da Quimiparque n2 | 2831-904 Barreiro | Lisbon
Discussion event | Sunday 8th August | 4pm
InFems - Intersectional Feminist Art Collective comes to Lisbon featuring Portugese artist Rita GT and Angolan-Dutch artist Lola Keyezua @ PADA with MOVART
InFems Art Collective presents its inaugural exhibition ‘Biting Back and Enjoying the Taste’ at PADA, an artist-led, non-profit arts organisation in Lisbon’s South Bay in collaboration with MOVART.
Showcasing works across media (including representations of figurative paintings, a large work on paper, a video, photographs, and ceramics), InFems wants to provoke discussions in Portugal about the role of intersectional feminism and the issues facing women today. Biting Back and Enjoying the Taste explores subjects like the plight of refugees, the fragmented female nude, subversive behaviour – women ‘behaving badly’, the female gaze, colonialism, and female sexuality.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Adelaide Damoah
Roxana Halls
Wendy Elia
Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf
Rita GT
Lola Keyezua
Exhibition Curated by Dr Marie-Anne Mancio and Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf.
MOVART - MAD Marvila Art District
EXhibition Dates | 27 May - 07 August 2021 | Monday - Friday 2:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Weekends 10 am - 2 pm Rua Fernando Palha 1, 1950-131 LISBON
I am very happy to invite you to the latest collective exhibition I will be participating in. NEW ERA FOR HUMANITY opens the schedule for MARVILLA ART DISTRICT , with a Preview on May 27, starting at 5pm . This inaugural exhibition aims to be a starting point for reflection between the past and the future, especially in this moment in which we live, and a vehicle for contributing to a more conscious and resilient society.
Curated by Negarra A. Kudumu (Angola / USA), NEW ERA FOR HUMANITY will present works by 28 contemporary artists from different countries such as: South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Nigeria, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe. Through sculpture, photography, painting, performance and video art, he seeks to establish dialogues between the different cultures and identities of each participant.
Distributed over the four floors of one of the most iconic buildings in Marvila, the exhibition will include works by Rita GT (Portugal), Ana Silva, Keyezua, Ihosvanny, Mónica Miranda and Mumpasi Meso (Angola), Kwame Sousa (São Tomé and Príncipe), Mário Macilau (Mozambique), Asìko (Nigeria), among many others, and can be visited between 27 May and 7 August 2021 .
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT AZAN - LISBON
January-April 2021
AZAN contemporary art is an artist run project that unfolds into art projects and residencies.
The main focus of AZAN is to build a network and location for creating an independent program, including the resident artists, national and international artists.
Run by the artists Tomaz Hipólito and João Simões.
Rua Afonso Annes Penedo 50
1950-014
Marvila - Lisboa
AESTHETICA ART PRIZE
'Malus' has been long listed for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2021 and will be published in the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology: Future Now.
"This book showcases the work of 125 of the most exciting artists from around the world and is a dynamic guide to international contemporary art."
aestheticamagazine.com/artprize/
The Malus series is available as a set of signed Limited Edition prints on Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper in a range of sizes. Please get in touch to find out more.
ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY | BRISTOL
RWA 168 Annual Open Exhibition
Postponed until 5 Dec 2020 – 7 Mar 2021
Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1PX
ENTRY : From Free to £7.95
My work has been selected for this years RWA exhibition which is now due to open on the 5th of December 2020.
The RWA's renowned Annual Open Exhibition returns for its 168th year with a stunning variety of work from emerging and established artists.
This dynamic and varied exhibition invites painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, installation and mixed media submissions and is a showcase of some of the most exciting artists from across the country and beyond.
ING 2020 / MALL GALLERIES - ONLINE
Discerning Eye
Private View Thursday 19th November 2020
Exhibition dates | 19th November - 24th November 2019
Mall Galleries | London | SW1
2 of my ‘Caput Mortuum’ Photographs have been selected for this years Discerning Eye exhibition. The exhibition is selected and curated by 6 judges who each get to select works for their own personally curated ‘walls’. Im vey pleased that my images were selected by 2 seperate jusdges, FAD magazine’s art critic Tabish Kahn and Art collector Mervyn Metcalf.
The 6 selectors for this year's Discerning Eye are : Dale Lewis, David Remfry RA, Beverley Knight, Mervyn Metcalf, Jo Baring and Tabish Khan
view the exhibition here:
PADA STUDIO RESIDENCY
Caput Mortuum
25th July 2020
A group show featuring work made over the last 2 months during the residency at PADA
Rua 42, n2, Baía do Tejo
Parque Industrial do Barreiro
2831-904 Barreiro
ZEBRA ONE GALLERY
We’re All In This Together
Fund raiser launch 14th April 2020
Hampstead’s Zebra One art gallery may have closed its doors for the first time in 42 years, but it is running an online exhibition to raise funds for NHS staff and volunteers.
More than 30 artists have donated work to the virtual show We’re All In This Together with all proceeds going to those caring for Covid 19 patients during the coronavirus crisis.
Artists include Hayden Kays, Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf, Dom Pattinson, Mason Storm, Rosso, Lucie Flynn, David Studwell, David Scheinman, and Michael Olson, as well as pieces by Marc Chagall and Joan Miro.
ESPAÇO EXIBICIONISTA GALLERY
Between Worlds
Private View Friday 6th March 2020
Exhibition dates | 7th March - 6th April 2020
ESPAÇO EXIBICIONISTA GALLERY | Rua Dona Estefânia 157 C | Lisboa | Portugal
‘Between Worlds’ is a visual meditation on womanhood. Somewhere between a dream and reality: this body of work offers snapshots of intimate moments in time. It presents an impression of a journey through womanhood, from adolescence to maturity. Weaving together a sense of internal and external experiences through a playful balancing act between figuration and abstraction. Precise mark making is juxtaposed with broad gestural strokes and sharp geometric elements to produce paintings which seem to shift and evolve in front of the viewers eyes
AESTHETICA MAGAZINE
ING Discerning Eye: Expanding Perceptions
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition returns to Mall Galleries, London, this month. The exhibition champions emerging and established artists, presenting a dynamic selection of small works for sale. Each piece is selected independently by leaders in the creative arts – resulting in six diverse exhibitions within the whole. Aesthetica speaks to artist Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf, whose work is included in this year’s show.
Click ‘Learn more’ to read the full Interview
ING 2019 / MALL GALLERIES
Discerning Eye
Private View Thursday 14 November 2019, 6.30 – 8.30pm
Exhibition dates | 14th November - 24th November 2019
Mall Galleries | London | SW1
I am very pleased to invite you to this year's Discerning Eye exhibition at Mall Galleries where I will be showing 6 new paintings. As one of Sir Tim Rice's invited guest artist I will be showing alongside Jonathan Yeo, Lisa Wright, Paul Benney, Nell Sully and Ana Milenkovic amongst many others selected from this year’s open call.
The 6 selectors for this year's Discerning Eye are : Collectors - Sir Tim Rice & Kwame Kwei-Armah | Critics - John Penrose & Louis Wise | Artists - Gill Button & Charlotte Hodes
go to www.discerningeye.org to find out more about eh exhibition.
RSVP de@parkerharris.co.uk
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ARTISTS / MALL GALLERIES
158th Annual Exhibition
Exhibition dates | 24th September - 29th September
Mall Galleries | London | SW1
The President Soraya French and Council of the Society of Women Artists request the pleasure of your company at their 158th Annual Exhibition. Our Royal Patron, HRH Princess Michael of Kent will arrive at 11am to open the Exhibition and present the Awards at Mall Galleries, London SW1
PRIVATE VIEW WEDNESDAY 25th SEPTEMBER | 10 am - 5pm
YOUNG PEOPLE'S ART INITIATIVE TUESDAY 24th SEPTEMBER | 6.30pm - 9pm
HAUSER & WIRTH
Herstory: Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf
Thu 13 Jun 2019, 6 – 7 pm
Somerset
Herstory is a series of events running throughout the exhibition, ‘Unconscious Landscape. Works from the Ursula Hauser Collection’, where we invite inspirational women from the art world to share their stories, initiatives, and inspirations. Each event begins with a glass of wine on the Roth Bar & Grill terrace, followed by an informal talk in the gallery’s bookshop.
We are delighted to welcome artist and Vice President to the Society of Women Artists, Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf. Based in London…
FORBES
The (Male) Art Entrepreneur Exhibiting Female Artists
Jun 29, 2019
In London, over two-thirds of artists represented in major galleries are men, even when gallery directors are women. But one young male gallery director is working to upend this inequality on multiple fronts…Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf is one London-based artist selling her work on the platform. She has seen the hurdles female artists face in the male-dominated art world.
ZEBRA ONE GALLERY / KOPPEL PROJECT
Daughters of Medusa
Thu 27 Jun 2019, 6.30 – 9 pm
The Koppel Project | 49-50 Poland Street | Soho | London | W1F 7ND
Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf, The Daughters of Medusa features bold, figurative paintings of women – both self- portraits and subjects Rebecca knows – inspired by the mythological characterisation of women’s cycles, as well as personal stories and experiences.
”The power of the female gaze – which plays such a vital part in the story of Medusa – serves as one of the main focuses for the series of paintings. Even in Medieval times, it was believed that a glance from a menstruating or menopausal woman had the power to poison, or even kill. This illustrates the immense threat perceived not only from women’s menstrual blood (end period poverty) but also from female power itself, which still exists in many forms today.”
i-D / VICE
the best things to watch, see and do this week in the uk
Exhibition: Daughters of Medusa
As ITV gear up for another predictable summer full of predictably thin people on Love Island, there’s never been a better time to remind ourselves of the importance of body positivity and healthy self image. That’s what this show, opening this week, champions. Promoting body positivity through the power of the female gaze, Daughters of Medusa takes the Medusa myth as a starting point to challenge our negative cultural conditioning of female identity, women’s bodies and menstruation. More exciting than any Love Island contestant let’s be honest.