Artist: Alexandra Baraitser
Alexandra Baraitser has an obvious love affair and close connection to chairs - especially design classics. Her reference is from photographs of pieces from Le Corbusier to Conran. She reinterprets - or remakes - these through a process of drawing and painting. They are meticulously painted, sculptural, minimal portraits of chairs and modern design awaiting and expecting some kind of human occupation.
Born in 1971, Baraitser trained at Central St. Martins, Wimbledon and Chelsea colleges of art in London. She has exhibited in the UK, and was included in shows at The Barbican Gallery, London, The John Moores 19 at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, the Oriel Mostyn Open and the Kettles Yard Open. She has exhibited in Europe, and in 1997 won the Abbey Scholarship at the British School in Rome. In 1998, she was a prize-winner at the NatWest Art Prize. Baraitser had two successful solo shows in 2002, at Mission Gallery, Swansea and at Hirschl Contemporary Art.