Carol Rhodes: Her Work & Legacy

Group discussion about the work and legacy of Carol Rhodes

Carol Rhodes: Her work & legacy
Group discussion about the work and legacy of Carol Rhodes
Wednesday 17th June, 6:30–7:30pm
45min + 10min Q&A, via Zoom

Carol Rhodes was a precious artist in Scotland’s cultural landscape. She created a distinctive mode of landscape painting across her 25-year career, developing a world of semi-fictional locations that are at once familiar and ambiguous. They are deeply beautiful and hauntingly rich.

Joining us to discuss her work and legacy is artist Sara Barker, who was taught by Rhodes; Barker’s work Separation in the Evening is a vital part of Jupiter’s permanent collection. Sara will be in conversation with Andrew Mummery, Curator at Carol Rhodes Estate, who has written extensively on Rhodes’ work.

Intimately scaled, densely rendered and typically taking an aerial viewpoint, Rhodes’ works depict uninhabited industrial terrains and ‘edgelands’ – factories, canals, motorways, reservoirs – described by the artist as ‘hidden areas’. Rhodes was very interested in the theme of the mined landscape, which recurs throughout her paintings and drawings – one of which is included in Extraction. Her psychologically charged works reflect on our experiences of place and terrain altered by energy infrastructure.