Nalini : Marbella International Art festival 2010
Comments and crits from exhibitions
The following is a selection of comments and reviews from exhibitions. "Byzantine Concept in 20th Century Hugely Impressive Adrian Henri "Nalini's paintings gave me immediate pleasure which has proved long lasting. Her Sri Lankan background is not immediately obvious in her painting, but once one is aware of it, one realises the sources of her unusual colour combinations and symbolic references which appear even in her landscapes and more particularly when she embarks on specifically iconographic works" Godfrey Pilkington "Wonderful textures and glowing colours, I loved it... " "Rustic and gentle" "Wonderful, evocative and mystical..." "Beautiful colours and very rich. A very impressive exhibition" "Surreal, Dali-like quality" "Beautiful, delicate colour combination " "The images transcend the passage of time reflecting on history, while being totally relevant to the modern day experience..." "Rich and exciting images . The exhibition presents a challenging mixture of East and West which has not been seen before" "superb draughtmanship"
Ms. Cook takes the traditional hieratic Byzantine concept, flattened figures in a spatial limbo and reinvents them using late 20th century techniques. The best of them have the authentic, glowing presence and rich colour, despite being densely layered mixtures of all kind of media. The colour and the sensuous delight in the surfaces may well be because of Ms. Cook's Sri Lankan background... ".
Liverpool artist and poet
Piccadilly Gallery, LONDON
Further Comments
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