Jo Volley: Red

The small panel is part of a series called Physical Distance that explores the relationship between the object and the subject of painting. The intervening space between the idea and the touch; the emotional separateness of making and the expanse of time between these events.

Product Information

2011

Alizarin Crimson and Cadmium Deep pigments bound in gum Arabic over gesso on birch ply

16 x 18cm

About the Artist

Jo Volley is an artist and who lives and works in London. Her work is concerned with measurement, space and colour as light and employs a wide range of material and mediums. The work draws attention to the nature of archiving, historic materials, ideas of craftsmanship, incorporating traditional and contemporary techniques.

She is Slade Deputy Director (Projects), Coordinator of the Material Research Project & Network and the Material Museum at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL where she studied from 1972-77 and has taught since 1986. In 2019 she created and is director of Colour & Poetry an annual symposium held at the Slade and in 2020 along with Dr Ruth Siddall established World Pigment Day.

Shipping

This work is part of our 2024 Winter Fundraiser and will be available for collection or shipping from 14th - 20th December. Please note all items will be shipped via Royal Mail Tracked 24 unless stated otherwise.