<p><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2024/08/21/__trashed/"><em>Podcast listeners click here to view the works</em></a></p>
<h4><span style="font-weight: 400;">Through layers of paint in varying translucency, Karen Black explores not only the physical nature of the female form but through her use of abstraction and considered use of colour she brings out another dimension &#8211; an emotional layer. </span></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is a strong sense of a spontaneous response in her paintings so you may be surprised to hear that reading and research play as much a role in her process as creating those drips and brushstrokes. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Karen talks with me in this episode about her fascination with recent research on frequencies and vibrations which occur in all matter. That interest informs her most recent body of work which will be on view in her upcoming solo show &#8216;alternative frequency&#8217; at <a href="https://amesyavuz.com">Ames Yavuz</a> in Sydney.</span></p>
<p>Karen has been acclaimed with awards and residencies and her work is in the collections of many public institutions. She has been repeatedly shortlisted in the Archibald and Sulman prizes, among many others, and has work hanging in both those prize exhibitions in the Art Gallery of NSW this year. She has also been recognised for her ceramic work, two of which have been acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria.</p>
<p>In this podcast episode Karen talks with me about her childhood memories of art, how she came to painting, the story behind her current show and some interesting aspects of her process.</p>
<p>A video of highlights of the episode will be posted to the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrThrSazf3NYKK4ybC8CTjw?view_as=subscriber"> YouTube channel i</a>n the coming weeks.</p>
<h4>Links</h4>
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<li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/newsletter-signup/">Sign up to the TWP newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/karenblackstudio/?hl=en">Karen Black on Instagram</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=karen+black+ames+yavuz&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">Karen Black at Ames Yavuz</a></li>
<li><a href="https://suttongallery.com.au/artists/karen-black/artworks/">Karen Black at Sutton Gallery</a></li>
<li>Solo show &#8216;alternative frequency&#8217; at <a href="https://amesyavuz.com/exhibitions/alternative-frequency/">Ames Yavuz Gallery</a>, 31 August to 5 October 2024</li>
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<div id="attachment_8695" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8695" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-8695" src="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SID101496M.jpg.800x532_q85-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SID101496M.jpg.800x532_q85-300x200.jpg 300w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SID101496M.jpg.800x532_q85-768x511.jpg 768w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SID101496M.jpg.800x532_q85.jpg 799w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p id="caption-attachment-8695" class="wp-caption-text">&#8216;Both of us&#8217;oil on canvas61 x 92 cmFinalist Sir John Sulman Prize 2024Source: AGNSW website</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_8703" style="width: 303px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8703" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-8703" src="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-26-at-5.01.37 PM-250x300.jpeg" alt="" width="293" height="352" srcset="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-26-at-5.01.37 PM-250x300.jpeg 250w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-26-at-5.01.37 PM-852x1024.jpeg 852w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-26-at-5.01.37 PM-768x923.jpeg 768w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-26-at-5.01.37 PM-1278x1536.jpeg 1278w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-26-at-5.01.37 PM-1704x2048.jpeg 1704w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-26-at-5.01.37 PM.jpeg 1852w" sizes="(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px" /><p id="caption-attachment-8703" class="wp-caption-text">‘Head wind’ 2024,oil on polyester, 183.3 x 153 cmImage courtesy of the artist</p></div>
<div id="attachment_8699" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8699" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-8699" src="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Black_K_SID65383_rev2560px.jpg.716x900_q85-239x300.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="364" srcset="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Black_K_SID65383_rev2560px.jpg.716x900_q85-239x300.jpg 239w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Black_K_SID65383_rev2560px.jpg.716x900_q85.jpg 716w" sizes="(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px" /><p id="caption-attachment-8699" class="wp-caption-text">&#8216;Licking the rain&#8217; 2017oil on canvas152.5 x 122 cmFinalist Sir John Sulman Prize 2017Source: AGNSW website</p></div>
<div id="attachment_8700" style="width: 303px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8700" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-8700" src="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/karen-black_i_will_shade_you_from_the_world_oil_on_canvas_213-6x198-5cm_2022-752x800-1-282x300.jpg" alt="" width="293" height="312" srcset="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/karen-black_i_will_shade_you_from_the_world_oil_on_canvas_213-6x198-5cm_2022-752x800-1-282x300.jpg 282w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/karen-black_i_will_shade_you_from_the_world_oil_on_canvas_213-6x198-5cm_2022-752x800-1.jpg 752w" sizes="(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px" /><p id="caption-attachment-8700" class="wp-caption-text">&#8216;I Will Shade You from the World&#8217;2022Oil on canvas213.6 x 198.5cmImage courtesy of the artist</p></div>
<div id="attachment_8696" style="width: 295px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8696" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-8696" src="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SID101398M.jpg.749x900_q85-250x300.jpg" alt="" width="285" height="342" srcset="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SID101398M.jpg.749x900_q85-250x300.jpg 250w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SID101398M.jpg.749x900_q85.jpg 749w" sizes="(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px" /><p id="caption-attachment-8696" class="wp-caption-text">Vivian Vidulichoil on polyester183 x 152.5 cmFinalist &#8211; Archibald Prize 2024Source: AGNSW website</p></div>
<div id="attachment_8698" style="width: 294px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8698" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-8698" src="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Da104191-249x300.jpg" alt="" width="284" height="342" srcset="https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Da104191-249x300.jpg 249w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Da104191-851x1024.jpg 851w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Da104191-768x925.jpg 768w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Da104191-1276x1536.jpg 1276w, https://talkingwithpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Da104191.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px" /><p id="caption-attachment-8698" class="wp-caption-text">&#8216;Crown legs arms&#8217; 2016earthenware, 23ct gold leaf69.0 × 29.7 × 29.2 cmCollection, National Gallery of Victoria</p></div>
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