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F_o_r_c_e_s_ Josephine Cachemaille is an award-winning installation artist, sculptor and painter based in Nelson.

She has had multiple solo and public exhibitions exploring her anthropomorphic relationship with materials and objects.

For Strength.I made this painting during the lockdown and it took weeks to finally make itself known. I wrestled with it...
21/07/2020

For Strength.

I made this painting during the lockdown and it took weeks to finally make itself known. I wrestled with it for days and when it finally settled, this resistance and strength felt contained within it as an object.

For Strength, 2020, acrylic on board, 900 x 900mm, framed.

Previews by appointment.

All welcome to exhibition opening this Friday 24 July at Arden Bar and Kitchen from 5pm. All paintings will also be shown at Arden & Porta Via throughout Saturday 25 July

For Abundance.It was a joy to make this painting. It just arrived - almost of its own accord. I love the way this pyrit...
21/07/2020

For Abundance.

It was a joy to make this painting. It just arrived - almost of its own accord. I love the way this pyrite formation feels like it is going to touch down and land in the room where it is hanging - manifesting its own tumbling abundant self.

For Abundance, 2020, acrylic on board, 1200 x 1000mm, framed.

Previews by appointment.

All welcome to exhibition opening this Friday 24 July at Arden Bar and Kitchen from 5pm. All paintings will also be shown at Arden & Porta Via throughout Saturday 25 July.

Rather than visualise what I want to make, I try to foster certain conditions for the art work to manifest into. I often...
20/07/2020

Rather than visualise what I want to make, I try to foster certain conditions for the art work to manifest into. I often use specific music, light, and rituals to aid this. It requires intense, sustained focus, sometimes for weeks.

For Focus, 2020, acrylic on board, 800 x 800mm, framed.

Previews by appointment.

All welcome to exhibition opening this Friday 24 July at Arden Bar and Kitchen from 5pm. All paintings will also be shown at Arden & Porta Via throughout Saturday 25 July.

For Confidence."Some days painting in the confines under my house were a joy, with the crystal clusters virtually painti...
12/07/2020

For Confidence.

"Some days painting in the confines under my house were a joy, with the crystal clusters virtually painting themselves; others were a struggle where I had to wrestle the perspectives, tones, and textures into shape." - Josephine Cachemaille

For Confidence
2020
Acrylic on Board
1000 x 1000mm

12/07/2020

All welcome.

For Manifestation"The dark, narrow confines under my home compressed my often expansive installation practice into a foc...
11/07/2020

For Manifestation

"The dark, narrow confines under my home compressed my often expansive installation practice into a focused series of works, depicting pyrite crystal formations." - Josephine Cachemaille

For Manifestation
2020
Acrylic on board
830 x 915 mm

For Abundance."The recent lockdown isolation gave me the rare opportunity to slow down, rest and reflect. Making these p...
10/07/2020

For Abundance.

"The recent lockdown isolation gave me the rare opportunity to slow down, rest and reflect. Making these paintings was meditative, quiet and solitary." - Josephine Cachemaille

For Abundance
2020
Acrylic on board
1000 x 1200mm

For Protection.2020Acrylic on board1200x1200mmFORCES is a group of paintings I made during the recent lockdown period in...
10/07/2020

For Protection.
2020
Acrylic on board
1200x1200mm

FORCES is a group of paintings I made during the recent lockdown period in a temporary basement studio under my house in central Nelson. - Josephine Cachemaille

“FORCES is a group of paintings I made during the recent lockdown period in a temporary basement studio under my house i...
06/07/2020

“FORCES is a group of paintings I made during the recent lockdown period in a temporary basement studio under my house in central Nelson.

The isolation gave me the rare opportunity to slow down, rest and reflect. Making these paintings was meditative, quiet and solitary. The dark, narrow confines under my home compressed my often expansive installation practice into a focused series of works, depicting pyrite crystal formations.

I have made these paintings on and off for years, and they always test my mettle. Some days under the house were a joy, with the pyrite crystal clusters virtually painting themselves; others were a struggle where I had to wrestle the perspectives, tones, and textures into shape. Some of these qualities feel residual in the attitude of the paintings; some are light, or slippery, while others are tough and resistant. All of them are shapeshifters with the capacity to recede and flatten, then quicken and glow.”

Josephine Cachemaille
For Strength
2020
Acrylic on canvas, 900 x 900mm.

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