Prudence Flint
In Episode 24 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the AMAZING artist PRUDENCE FLINT!!\n\nOne of my FAVOURITE artists of 2020 \u2013 with her work particularly resonating with me at the time of lockdown \u2013\xa0Prudence is known for her eerily quiet scenes of characters silently going about their daily lives. \n\nSwept up in her signature pastel-like palette, whilst it might at first appear as though her figures are performing seemingly mundane activities \u2013 lying on a bed to brushing their teeth \u2013 Prudence gives precedent to their actions by creating tense atmospheres in her slightly distorted and jarring environments.\n\nPainting both men and women, but focusing much more heavily on the female and the female psyche, Prudence\u2019s work invites us into a narrative \u2013 an intimate, contemplative and private life, where we as viewers very much become an intruder, or a voyeur.\xa0\n\nBased in Melbourne, Prudence is one of Australia's leading painters and is VERY excitingly included in an exhibition I have excitingly curated titled \u2018Dwelling is the Light\u201d at Timothy Taylor Gallery, featuring a multigenerational group of women exploring the relationship between interiors and the outdoors (https://timothytaylor.com/viewing-rooms/dwelling-is-the-light/). \n\nSpeaking about women in her work she has said, \u201cI wish for women to be at the center of things\u2026 to be all things, whole, boundless, perverse, and representative of humanity. I want to give voice to this experience of being alive, now, in this culture, as a woman.\u201d\n\nI LOVED interviewing Prudence. It was such an insight to hear about her work in the context of the History of Art and her interest in the divine; exploring the beauty of the everyday; intensity of the home; dynamics between humans and their surroundings; and putting women at the centre of her work. \n\nThank you for listening!!\n\nThis episode is sponsored by Alighieri\xa0\nhttps://alighieri.co.uk/\n@alighieri_jewellery\nUse the code: TGWA for 10% off!\xa0\n\nFollow us:\nKaty Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel\nSound editing by Amber Miller (@amber_m.iller)\nArtwork by @thisisaliceskinner\nMusic by Ben Wetherfield\n\nhttps://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/