Camilla Bliss
We are thrilled that Camilla will be showing with us at the Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London this coming Spring 25
12 - 16 March - Stand C4
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Camilla Bliss diffuses the boundaries between life and death giving an ulterior perspective that death does not need to follow the dark garments of tradition, or the light veil of the living, but in fact these subjects are very much intertwined and open to the viewers interpretation. In this show her works reflect celestial or heavenly phantom creatures.
London based artist Camilla Bliss diffuses the boundaries between life and death giving an ulterior perspective that death does not need to follow the dark garments of tradition, or the light veil of the living, but in fact these subjects are very much intertwined and open to the viewers interpretation. Bliss does this through the use of a personal language of symbols.
Playful decisions around colour, material and form allow Bliss to make specific cultural connections, whilst taking the viewer on a personal and potentially ambiguous journey.
She is an artist who primarily works in sculpture, her work places importance on handmade processes and qualities. In this way, she utilises a wide range of materials such as ceramics, metalwork, glass, wood, textiles and 3D printing.
PNEUMA
These are a set of artworks especially commissioned for the Some Roses and their Phantoms exhibition for Darle and the Bear in London and sits as a different entity yet bound together like a constellation. Dream images appear like phantoms as we look through the skin of the glass. The refractions of light on the surrounding surface shift between a strong blaze of colour to a diffused glow barely noticeable as time passes.
The work expands beyond it’s physical body as light stretches across its surrounding surface. Looking into a transcendent state of mind, the works explore our psyche in flux - moving between altered states of consciousness.
Taking inspiration from Dorothea Tanning’s surrealist painting ‘Some roses and Their Phantoms’ where animal-like creatures emerge from the domestic still-life of a crumpled tablecloth Bliss focuses our attention on the shifting nature of the domestic and how our minds can enter alternate worlds as we shift in and out of focus between reality and our subconscious. The everyday holds a ‘quiet mystery’ mutating constantly often passed unnoticed - like air in motion.
THE G U A R D I A N RANGE
The Guardian collection originated from ‘Guardians of Bliss’ whjich is a green glazed ceramic urn with many relief faces on the outside and a tuft of horsehair coming out of a multifaceted head on the lid. ‘Bliss’ not only refers to the artist’s mother’s maiden name, but also to a state of perfect happiness or euphoria. This piece stands in limbo as a relic to the dead, but also to the living, as guardians of bliss can refer to both the artists deceased mother: Helen Bliss, and to the wellbeing of those alive.
In addition, the piece also references an earlier work by the artist titled ‘Et In Arcadia Ego’; another memorial to her mother, which stands in an indefinable space of anonymity, as the title implies ‘Even in Arcadia there is death’. Camilla Bliss diffuses the boundaries between life and death giving an ulterior perspective that death does not need to follow the dark garments of tradition, or the light veil of the living, but in fact these subjects are very much intertwined and open to the viewers interpretation.
Read Camilla's Biography here
Download - Camilla Bliss's Private View
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Guardian Candlestick , 2024£ 99.00
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Guardian Lamp, 2024£ 730.00
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Guardian Lamps, 2024£ 1,130.00
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Guardian Stem Lamp (white) , 2024£ 830.00
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Large Guardian Lamp (Petrol), 2024£ 1,130.00
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Pneuma ( Crinkled Blaze ), 2024
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Pneuma ( Folded Wisp ), 2024
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Pneuma ( Nebula Dew ), 2024
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Low Guardian Bowl, 2023£ 730.00
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Serpha, 2023£ 780.00
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Serpha, 2023£ 730.00
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Small Guardian Lamp (White) , 2023£ 780.00
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Moon Drifter, 2022£ 350.00
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Guardian Stem Lamp (Petrol) , 2021£ 830.00
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Guardian Stem Lamp (Speckled grey) , 2021£ 830.00
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Guardian Vessel (Olive), 2020£ 880.00
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Guardian Candlestick (Black), 2018£ 99.00
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