Archival digital pigment print on Somerset Photo Satin.
December 5 – January 10, 2025
Helen Beard: Dynamo
Paul Stolper Gallery
In Person Viewing:
31 Museum Street
London WC1A 1LH
Online Viewing:
https://www.paulstolper.com/exhibitions/107-helen-beard-dynamo-private-view-4-december-6-8pm/works
Wednesday, December 4th, 6 – 8PM
Paul Stolper Gallery presents Helen Beard’s exhibition “Dynamo”.
“The dynamo, a machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, felt relevant when I was thinking about how I often use a painting as the basis for a print and how the energy changes when an image is converted from a lush, unctuous oil painting to a flat colour giclée or silkscreen print. I always choose the most dynamic, graphic paintings when considering which prints to make.
I love the way that the flattening of the image gives it a totally different energy. Shape becomes more important. And the dynamic composition on the page. The textural element of the work disappears and the only remaining shared energy is the frisson of colours butting up against each other. It is a pared down image that takes on a whole new electrical energy, in its simplest form.’‘The second definition of dynamo is an energetic or electrical person or force. I hope that this kind of energetic dynamism is conveyed in the new image. I certainly think they take on a life of their own!”
– Helen Beard, 2024
