KIM THORNTON
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In this series of conceptual portraits a woman plays alone at home.  She is re-living the play of her childhood and re-enacting imaginative games.  Using household objects and furniture she has transformed her domestic arena into an imaginary world, spinning back and forth between reality and memory. The kitchen table becomes a boat in which she blissfully rows away on the terracotta sea substituting brooms for oars.  An upturned saucepan stands in for a car transporting its driver to fanciful lands. 
 
Clothed in bizarre costumes; a bikini made from dusters, a mermaid tail stitched from non-scratch silver scourers, a swimsuit knitted from J-cloth; she is rowing, driving, camping, diving and galloping on a broom.  She is blowing bubbles through a potato masher and standing guard with a mop.  Momentarily isolated from the real world this domestic charade offers solace from societal expectations.

​These tableaux vivants bridge the distance between childhood play and the reality of everyday life.  They re-enact childhood memories and the unexpected scenes subvert everyday tasks, suggesting a secret life of make-believe and fantasy. 
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Leaving The Harbour, 2013
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Love Defending Virtue Against Ignorance And Prejudice, 2014
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The Charioteer, 2014
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La Toilette, 2018
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Girl with a Broom, 2018
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Bubbles, 2018
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The Knight Errant, 2018
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The Bigger Splash, 2018
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The Prima Ballerina, 2018
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Song of Love, 2018

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  • About
  • Images
    • Don't Stand so Close to Me
    • Kitchen Sphinx
    • Blue Odalisque
    • The Sanctury
    • Hestia and the Daily Miracles
    • Pas de Deux
    • The Scream
    • Sugar in my Bowl
    • Angel of the South
    • Garden Spells
    • Domestic Heptathlon
    • Raising The Bridge
    • Home Entertainment
    • Kitchen Accidents
    • Notes to Self
    • A Public Airing
    • The Skater
    • The Smile on her Face
    • The Awakening Conscience
    • Living The Dream
    • Kitchen Travels
    • Yellow Apron
    • Sirens
    • 2011 A Kitchen Odyssey
    • The Domestic Alchemist
    • Peace Pants
    • Life Stages
    • Knitty City
    • Secret Spaces
  • News
  • CV
  • Links
  • Contact